US-based music critic and author of The Unreleased Beatles: Music And Film (2006) Richie Unterberger considers the Rishikesh trip to be “very important” to the career of The Beatles. The band found hordes of fans waiting at the Delhi airport and along the route; fans on scooters gave chase, shouting “Hi Beatles, Beatles.” The fansite Beatlesbible.com quotes George Harrison as saying, “Oh no! Murals and graffiti on the Beatles ashram walls. An indication to that effect can be found in Lennon’s song India, India, one of two India-specific songs that he wrote in 1980, about his 1968 sojourn. Within a year of returning from Rishikesh, Lennon would divorce Cynthia and get together with Yoko Ono.

Source: Mint January 19, 2018 07:07 UTC