No, they aren't bee hive, they just look like bee hives. Yes,monks stayed in them and did their programs.M got a lot of yogis to come stay their and fed them and had them do their own sadhana with the sidhi program. The bee hives were built long after the Beatles were there, I think maybe some time in the 80's.
From: salyavin808 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 9, 2015 11:40 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi ashram opened to the public... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mdixon.6569@...> wrote : The bee hives! Is that what they are? Seems like rather a lot of them. I pictured a candle-lit monk in each one, living a solitary life of meditation and devotion. Until Mia Farrow turned up. That might have got distracting... From: salyavin808 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 9, 2015 8:31 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi ashram opened to the public... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <awoelflebater@...> wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote : I know some people who have been inside recently. Not sure who owned it at the time but the signposts from town were all of the "Beatles ashram this way..." variety. Maybe they've cut back the undergrowth a bit to justify the entrance fee. Would make a nice detour if you were in the area. MJ would love the comments at the bottom of this article. It seems most/many people in the world are on the same page when it comes to their opinion about MMY. Here are some pictures of the state of the place after being left to go to wrack and ruin: Nice place for a photographer to visit. I like the little hairy meditation huts - if that's what they are.... Indian retreat where the Beatles learned to meditate is opened to the public | | | | | | Indian retreat where the Beatles learned to meditate ... 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