1.
GV RIVER GANGES
0.06

2.
LV ACROSS RIVER THE LANDING STAIRS AT RISHIKESH
0.12

3.
LV TRAVEL SHOT ALONG GANGES
0.17

4.
CU BOAT WITH PILGRIMS CROSSING RIVER (2 SHOTS)
0.28

5.
LV BOAT APPROACHING SHORE
0.33

6.
LB MAHARISHI'S HOME
0.40

7.
LV BUILDING (2 SHOTS)
0.51

8.
SV INT. OCCUPANT AT SINK IN KITCHEN (2 SHOTS)
1.00

9.
SV MAN MAKING BED
1.12

10.
SV PAN. INSIDE BATHROOM
1.16

11.
SV BRAHMACHARI SHANKAR PRAYING INSIDE MAHARISHI'S HOUSE
1.26

12.
CU PRAYING
1.36

13.
CU SHOWING FLOWERS AND CANDLES ON ALTAR
???

14.
CU PICTURE ON ALTAR
1.44

15.
SV SHANKAR IN MEDITATION SEATED
1.96

16.
CU DITTO (2 SHOTS)
2.06

17.
SV DITTO
2.12

18.
LV SEATED MEDITATING
2.17

19.
GV HILLS IN BACKGROUND
2.24

20.
GV GANGES FLOWING
2.30

21.
GV HIMALAYAS
2.36



Initials JSU/V/JH/PC


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Background: ON A SHADED SITE OVERLOOKING THE SACRED GANGES RIVER AT RISHIKESH, 130 MILES (210 KMS) NORTH OF NEW DELHI, STANDS THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE BEARDED INDIAN GURU, MAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI.

LAST WEEK FINAL PREPARATIONS WERE BEING CARRIED OUT THERE IN READINESS FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THE BEATLES - ENTHUSIASTIC FOLLOWERS OF THE METHOD OF "TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION" PREACHED BY THE MAHARISHI.

ALTHOUGH INDIA ABOUNDS WITH HOLY MEN FEW HAVE ACQUIRED THE REPUTATION OF THE MAHARISHI (GREAT SAGE). HE HAD A CONSIDERABLE FOLLOWING EVEN BEFORE HE MET THE BEATLES LAST AUGUST WHILE ON A LECTURE TOUR OF ENGLAND.

SON OF A GOVERNMENT REVENUE INSPECTOR, THE MAHARISHI DISCOVERED HIS CONCEPT OF TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION DURING TWO YEARS OF SECLUSION IN THE HIMALAYAS. HIS EXPLANATION OF HIS MESSAGE: "WHEN THE CONSCIOUS MIND EXPANDS TO EMBRACE DEEPER LEVELS OF THINKING, THE THOUGHT WAVE BECOME MORE POWERFUL AND RESULTS IN ADDED ENERGY AND INTELLIGENCE."
WHEN THE MAHARISHI IS NOT TRAVELLING ABROAD HE LIVES AT RISHIKESH, WHICH ALSO SERVES AS AN ACADEMY. HERE OUR CAMERAMEN FOUND THE MAHARISHI'S COLLEAGUE BRAHMACHARI SHANKAR DEEP IN MEDITATION.

THE MAHARISHI'S "SPIRITUAL REGENERATION MOVEMENT" HAS SPREAD QUICKLY. TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION IS NOW PRACTISED BY AN ESTIMATED 100,000 FOLLOWERS IN 35 COUNTRIES FROM DENMARK TO NEW ZEALAND.