The Beatles meet Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 24 1967)


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(Thursday, August 24, 1967, 8:00 p.m. BST) — The Beatles and their partners (minus Ringo and Maureen Starkey, whose second child Jason had been born five days previously) attended a lecture by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi today at the London Hilton on Park Lane.

The Maharishi, who developed the Transcendental Meditation technique, invited the group to join him at a seminar beginning the following day in Wales.


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