In May 1968, the American rock band the Beach Boys undertook a concert tour of the United States with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, their Indian meditation guru. The tour preceded the release of the Beach Bo
The Marahishi at a press conference, September 1967
The group with the Maharishi at the Plaza Hotel in New York City, January 1968. From left: Al Jardine, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, the Maharishi, Carl Wilson, and Brian Wilson.
Entrance to the Singer Bowl in the New York borough of Queens. The Beach Boys–Maharishi concert at the venue was canceled after sales of just 800 tickets.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was the creator of Transcendental Meditation and leader of the worldwide organization that has been characterized in multiple ways, including as a new religious movement and as n
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in 1978
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in 1967 in The Netherlands at Concertgebouw (Amsterdam)
Left to right: Michael Cooper, Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithfull, Shepard Sherbell, and Brian Jones; sitting: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (Concertgebouw Amsterdam, 1967)
The Maharishi's headquarters in Seelisberg, Switzerland