The Beatles in India - Rishikesh - Now and Then.

[@peggyolson6511]

This was really moving. Life goes by so quickly. They were all so young and full of joy and expectations, and now it is all covered in weeds.

[@РоманШШ]

Thanks. Greetings from Ukraine ❤

[@eliodue]

Thank You. Greetings from Italy.

[@Kanukosan]

This is absolutely "Wow!" Thank you! Wonderful job!

[@eliodue]

Thanks!

[@sedquoniam]

Un altro bel regalo. Grazie!

[@souravdixit987]

Thank you! Your videos are always amazing. I’ve been here 4 times since 2019… it’s a vibrant holy town sourrounded by Ganges and the Himalayas….Everytime I visit here I imagine the presence of a young paul McCartney singing “I will”. ❤

[@eliodue]

Thank you!

[@hobo-kenny2973]

How can I say..... at last, I was waiting for this.

[@eliodue]

Thank you!

[@jl453]

I'm glad this video was made as it gives us a visual to what it looked like and where the places described were in distance. I was hoping it was longer or a sequel made to this.

[@eliodue]

Maybe there will be a sequel.

[@bonsaibiker5378]

awesome ,ive not seen some of them pic's never mind the place its self, i really love you doing theses videos, thank you ,your a star

[@eliodue]

Thank you so much!

[@acemacgruber6593]

I always wondered what Rishikesh was like. Thank you for putting this together.

[@eliodue]

Thanks!

[@alukuhito]

This is just a tiny glimpse. It's a crazy small but bustling city of narrow roads. Lots of spiritual types around. Yoga classes advertised everywhere. Big religious ceremonies along the Ganga River every night. The Beatles were up on the hill on the other side in a quiet part.

[@meirsuissa9931]

What a nostalgic journey into that period of magical dreaming...innocence and hope were still a currency....Thank you for sharing...🕉🌸🕉

[@Princesschilipepa]

Broke my heart to see it so neglected and in such decay. On the other hand…all things must pass…

[@samridhisharma3857]

I am from India. I visited this place yesterday and our Goverment is keeping it raw and same as like it used to be before.

[@AbbyWulf-bw1kg]

I assume it was in much better shape when they were there. How long has it been abandoned?

[@samridhisharma3857]

@@AbbyWulf-bw1kg it’s been 70 years now. We need to buy the ticket to see it. Goverment is not reconstructing it as they want to keep the as raw as possible so fans can see the same room and same bricks

[@SabineThinkerbellum]

I’m impressed! It’s a wonderful video and interesting to see the pictures from India in context. Well done! Thank you for your work.

[@eliodue]

Thanks!

[@Michael-s9r5y]

Bravo!

[@eliodue]

Grazie!

[@VinnyPereira]

Excellent job! 👌

[@eliodue]

Thanks!

[@alukuhito]

Thank you very much for this video. I was there in late summer of 2017. The scale of the ashram impressed me. It's hard to imagine how it was at its peak. It was so strange seeing how everything has been abandoned. I wonder what led to it all falling apart. It's kind of cool though that it hasn't been commercialized. I was hoping to find a gift store, but obviously there wasn't one. Maybe it's kind of good to keep it as it is. I briefly stayed at the Swami Dayananda Saraswati ashram across the river, and was in town for that, so the Beatles thing was just a total bonus.

[@jozefserf2024]

Brilliant illumination. The sparse conditions must have been a huge culture shock back in 1968. Amenities such as toilets and showers were unheard of in most of India back then. So now we can see where John went to secretly collect the mail he was receiving everyday from the determined gold-digger Yoko. Cynthia, the good soul that she was, was indeed blind. She thought John's growing relationship with Yoko was a mere joke. It was, but a very sick one. The end was nearing...

[@terset9912]

Ah, just a super job man ! Thanks for sharing. Love the way you superimposed the Beatles photos over the original locations. Also, perfect choice of music. Even a few photos this old Beatles fan hadn't seen before. ! Maybe an abandoned ruin now, but the views, the Ganges, birds, shrubs and trees, would still be pretty much the same.

[@eliodue]

Thanks!

[@CarlosRobleto-n4n]

El ganges es un asco Contaminación extrema

[@rasixa2653]

Great Place, I was there a few month before the Beatles came, at Yog Niketan Ashram below Maharishis❤

[@eliodue]

Interesting!

[@enricomenconi7015]

What an amazing video

[@eliodue]

Thanks!

[@freden9234]

Beautifully done! Thank you 🙏🏻

[@eliodue]

Thanks!

[@alienspace1]

It's awesome that nobody tried to renovate it into some fake cheesy Rock and Roll Cafe. Everything is original ❤

[@andydixon2980]

It's amazing to me that no-one has thought or tried to renovate and restore the ashram to its former glory and then open it as the Beatles meditation retreat, to make a buck.

[@eliodue]

The ashram was completely looted by the people of nearby villages. They took away furnishings and even tore out windows and doors. Then humidity, disrespect and overrun by the jungle are responsible for the decay of buildings. When I visited the Ashram in october 2023 I noticed that most people were there only to adore the Maharishi and not the Beatles.

[@andydixon2980]

@@eliodue That's very interesting. Great video. ;)

[@fakhrurozyhakim1096]

Im wondering,what song after dear prudence? Because that's song make me peacefully

[@eliodue]

George Harrison and devotees chanting Hare Krishna

[@fakhrurozyhakim1096]

@@eliodue thanks for info 👍

[@Pharoset]

You spelled "Cynthia POWELL" wrong. This is a very good video. The problem is that you wait way too long between photographs. People are clicking on this to see the Beatles and you are spending the majority of time panning through locations as they are today, before overlapping the Beatles' photos.

[@eliodue]

Some people love to know the locations in details.

[@thebeatlesrarities2021]

Hello, can I use part of your video on my channel? I'll take the soundtrack and give you credit on your channel, obviously.

[@eliodue]

Yes you can.

[@pocopico7409]

6:39 LOL…Cynthia looking at John like, “God you’re screwed up! What have I gotten myself into!“ 😏

[@alukuhito]

Can you imagine he was sending letters to the woman he was cheating on her with while he was there? It's like he didn't even care. The problem with being famous is all your poor behaviour gets broadcast to the world. He should've known better.

[@michaelharrington75]

Looks like he had dropped a pick into the hole in his guitar. That's how you get them out.

[@pocopico7409]

@@michaelharrington75: I’m not talking about what he’s doing with the guitar. I’m talking about the whole trip. Going to see the “Maharishi” and acting like they believed all that crap…for days. Dressed all in white and sitting on that mat crossed-legged. So stupid. They all had a Christian upbringing but abandoned it by 1964….for THAT BS. Cynthia was too level-headed to get into it all. 🙄

[@LarryStang]

Not exactly, BS.

[@LarryStang]

George was serious about "Sanatan Dharma!"

[@TheReverb1]

Hola; gracias. ¿El clima es muy caliente? Parece que hace mucho calor en esa región. ¿Es así?

[@eliodue]

Rishikesh se encuentra en el norte de la India, por lo que, especialmente en invierno, hace un poco menos de calor que el resto del país. Saludos desde Italia

[@FRED-sr4me]

Are these the real Beatles songs on here?

[@angelllacuna8889]

It seems that the ashram buildings have been left to decay, Soon only ruins will remain. A pity.

[@eliodue]

The ashram was completely looted by the people of nearby villages. They took away furnishings and even tore out windows and doors. Then humidity, disrespect and overrun by the jungle are responsible for the decay of buildings. ​

[@thereunionparty]

@@eliodue What a contrast between the vibrancy and life of the ashram in 1968 and the abandonment and decay of today. All things must pass, as someone might have said once.

[@arricammarques1955]

The Indian council should restore the site as national heritage status.

[@samridhisharma3857]

They did it already

[@thebeatlesrarities2021]

Are you the one going to the locations to film?

[@eliodue]

Yes. I filmed and took pictures for two days in october 2023 in Rishikesh, inside the Beatles Ashram and on the Ganges riverside.

[@thebeatlesrarities2021]

@@eliodue Have you ever thought about making videos in Hamburg? in the clubs he played in? bambi kino, top ten, etc.

[@eliodue]

I already filmed these sites: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqOlm2SFib57nK8 kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3PboItvhdRgis0 kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5qzpaypiMpspck

[@eliodue]

Anyway it is nearly impossible to film inside the clubs because Indra club and Bambi kino are always closed, Top Ten Club is now just private homes, Star Club was destroyed by fire e so on. It is possible just to visit inside the Kaiserkeller.

[@thebeatlesrarities2021]

@@eliodue Cool, I hadn't seen it yet, are there places you still go? which?

[@clint6394]

How long has the complex been abandoned?

[@eliodue]

It was abandoned in the 90'

[@oldskool731]

fake across the universe sounds good

[@javiersilva5409]

It really doesnt

[@eddiequinn1335]

Thankfully they experienced life beyond Christian dogma .

[@tkoteacher1707]

They had nothing whatsoever to do with Christian dogma , neither do most of the people born through no fault of their own, into one faith or another... They were not Irish

[@alukuhito]

@@tkoteacher1707 Take it easy. It's just a good thing that they had the opportunity to get outside of the world they knew and see life from a different perspective.

[@tkoteacher1707]

@@alukuhito You say that like they were ' just four boys ' who until then had seen little> Thats really not true and they were far from naive...they saw life from many different perspectives, their lives were full of different and unique experiences -meeting many eminant individuals on the world stage , they were not just everyday simple boys living in Liverpool

[@alukuhito]

@@tkoteacher1707 Despite having differences, in general, all European countries share a lot compared to the differences between the UK and India. They gained new perspectives in India. That is all. I'm not sure why you're upset.

[@tkoteacher1707]

thats a poor comment - their lives had zero to do with Christian dogma...but perhaps yours does

[@Martin-iv6lq]

I worked as an assistant to their publicist at the time. This was all a put on for the media and the fans. It was all about selling their image and making them more money. Had absolutely nothing to do with their search for spiritual enlightenment etc.

[@andydixon2980]

Which publicist was this?