NEW DELHI & RISHIKESH, INDIA (FEBRUARY 20, 1968)

GV RIVER GANGES
GV JOHN LENNON WALKING THROUGH THE GROUNDS OF ASHRAM
GV GEORGE HARRISON DITTO
GV WILLINGDON HOSPITAL
SV RINGO STARR WITH WIFE ENTER HOSPITAL
SV PAUL MCCARTNEY WITH MOVIE CAMERA
SV RINGO LEAVES HOSPITAL AND IS FILMED BY PAUL (3 SHOTS)
GV MCCARTNEY & JANE ASHER
GV PAUL & JANE LOOKING AT VIEWS
SV PAUL PUTS ARM AROUND JANE & WALK OFF
SV RINGO & WIFE WITH PAUL & JANE WALK OVER BRIDGE WHICH CROSSES THE RIVER GANGES
SV PARTY LOOKING AT VIEWS

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Background: THE ENGLISH POP MUSIC GROUP, THE BEATLES, HAVE BEGUN A COURSE ON TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THEIR SPIRITUAL ADVISER, MAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI. THE BEATLES ARE UNDERGOING THEIR MEDITATIVE STUDIES AT RISHIKESH, A HILLSIDE RETREAT AT ASHRAM.

THE DEPARTURE OF PAUL MCCARTHY AND RINGO STARR FROM NEW DELHI WAS DELAYED WHILE RINGO SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR THE INFLAMMATION CAUSED BY HIS INNOCULATIONS. LATER, THE TWO BEATLES AND MCCARTNEY'S GIRL FRIEND, JANE ASHER, DROVE TO ASHRAM.

PAUL MCCARTNEY AND JANE ASHER HALTED ON ROUTE TO ASHRAM TO WALK ALONG THE BANKS OF THE SACRED GANGES. THEY CROSSED THE RIVER AT LAGHMAN JHULA BRIDGE.