Thousands line path to Maharishi's funeral site

Thousands of followers lined the path to a hilltop overlooking one of Hinduism's holiest sites where the body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the Beatles' guru celebrated for bringing meditation to the West, will be cremated today.

Thousands line path to Maharishi's funeral site

Thousands of followers lined the path to a hilltop overlooking one of Hinduism's holiest sites where the body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the Beatles' guru celebrated for bringing meditation to the West, will be cremated today.

His devotees had decorated the platform on which his funeral pyre was to be lit with scarlet rose petals and marigold flowers and a pile of logs was kept to one side.

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