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Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's successor Maharaja Adhiraj Rajaraam, center wearing crown, accompanies relatives carrying urns containing Yogi's ashes at Sangam, the confluence of Ganges and Yamuna rivers in Allahabad, India,Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the iconic guru who sought to blend Eastern spirituality and Western science to harness the mind's power and heal the world, was cremated Monday in a tumultuous ceremony at one of Hinduism's holiest sites. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's successor Maharaja Adhiraj Rajaraam, center, blesses his followers at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers in Allahabad, India,Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the iconic guru who sought to

blend Eastern spirituality and Western science to harness the mind's power and heal the world, was cremated Monday in a tumultuous ceremony at one of Hinduism's holiest sites. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Followers of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Julia Jorgenson, left, and Bill Thompson, from the United States, take a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers in Allahabad, India,Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the iconic guru who sought to blend Eastern spirituality and Western science to harness the mind's power and heal the world, was cremated Monday in a tumultuous ceremony at one of Hinduism's holiest sites. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A group of 48 ministers and rajas who took over Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's leadership duties attend a prayer before Yogi's ashes were immersed at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers in Allahabad, India,Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the iconic guru who sought to blend Eastern spirituality and Western

science to harness the mind's power and heal the world, was cremated Monday in a tumultuous ceremony at one of Hinduism's holiest sites. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Relatives immerse the ashes of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges and Yamuna in Allahabad, India,Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the iconic guru who sought to blend Eastern spirituality and Western science to harness the mind's power and heal the world, was cremated Monday in a tumultuous ceremony at one of Hinduism's holiest sites. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Devotees of Indian spiritual leader Maharishi Mahesh Yogi offer prayers near the cremation site in Allahabad on February 11, 2008. Thousands gathered on the banks of India's Ganges River on Monday to mourn Yogi, a one-time spiritual advisor to the Beatles who died last week in the Netherlands. (AFP/Sanjay Kanojia)

The body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is seen at his "ashram" or hermitage in the northern Indian city of Allahabad February 10, 2008. The embalmed body of Yogi, the Indian mystic and Beatles' guru who helped bring transcendental meditation to the West, was cremated on Monday on a huge pyre of sandalwood by India's holiest river. Picture taken February 10, 2008. REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash (INDIA)

Devotees attend the funeral of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in the northern Indian city of Allahabad February 11, 2008. The embalmed body of Yogi, the Indian mystic and Beatles' guru who helped bring transcendental meditation to the West, was cremated on Monday on a huge pyre of sandalwood by India's holiest river. REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash (INDIA)

The body of Indian spiritual leader Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is surrounded by devotees at its cremation site in Allahabad. Thousands gathered on the banks of India's Ganges River to mourn the one-time spiritual adviser to the Beatles who died last week in the Netherlands. (AFP/Sanjay Kanojia)

Devotees carry the body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for his funeral in the northern Indian city of Allahabad February 11, 2008. The embalmed body of Yogi, the Indian mystic and Beatles' guru who helped bring transcendental meditation to the West, was cremated on Monday on a huge pyre of sandalwood by India's holiest river. (Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)

Family members attend the funeral of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in the northern Indian city of Allahabad February 11, 2008. The embalmed body of Yogi, the Indian mystic and Beatles' guru who helped bring transcendental meditation to the West, was cremated on Monday on a huge pyre of sandalwood by India's holiest river. (Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)

Family members attend the funeral of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in the northern Indian city of Allahabad February 11, 2008. The embalmed body of Yogi, the Indian mystic and Beatles' guru who helped bring transcendental meditation to the West, was cremated on Monday on a huge pyre of sandalwood by India's holiest river. (Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)

Art of Living Guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar pays homage during the funeral of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Allahabad, India, Monday, Feb. 11, 2008. Thousands of followers chanted hymns Monday as the body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the guru celebrated for bringing meditation to the West, was cremated in India at one of Hinduism's holiest sites.. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's successor Maharaja Adhiraj Rajaraam, left, sits with group of 48 'ministers and rajas' who took over Maharishi's leadership duties during the funeral of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Allahabad, India, Monday, Feb. 11, 2008. Thousands of followers chanted hymns Monday as the body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the guru

celebrated for bringing meditation to the West, was cremated in India at one of Hinduism's holiest sites.. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Christine Alberts of Fairfield, Iowa, left, and Clare Smillies of New Zealand, right, wait with flowers during the funeral procession of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, portrait behind, in Allahabad, India, Monday, Feb. 11, 2008. Thousands of followers chanted hymns Monday as the body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the guru celebrated for bringing meditation to the West, was cremated in India at one of Hinduism's holiest sites.. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Devotees carry the body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for his funeral in the northern Indian city of Allahabad February 11, 2008. The embalmed body of Yogi, the Indian mystic and Beatles' guru who helped bring transcendental meditation to the West, was cremated on Monday on a huge pyre of sandalwood by India's holiest river. REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash (INDIA

Relatives perform rituals after lighting the funeral pyre of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Allahabad, India, Monday, Feb. 11, 2008. Thousands of followers chanted Vedic hymns as the body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the guru celebrated for bringing meditation to the

West, was cremated at a site overlooking the confluence of the sacred Ganges and Yamuna rivers in this north Indian city. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Relatives prepare to light the funeral pyre of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Allahabad, India, Monday, Feb. 11, 2008. Thousands of followers chanted Vedic hymns as the body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the guru celebrated for bringing meditation to the West, was cremated at a site overlooking the confluence of the sacred Ganges and Yamuna rivers in this north Indian city. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Followers look on as relatives light the funeral pyre of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Allahabad, India, Monday, Feb. 11, 2008. Thousands of followers chanted Vedic hymns as the body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the guru celebrated for bringing meditation to the West, was cremated at a site overlooking the confluence of the sacred Ganges and Yamuna rivers in this north Indian city. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Followers look on as relatives prepare to light the funeral pyre of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Allahabad, India, Monday, Feb. 11, 2008. Thousands of followers chanted Vedic hymns as the body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the guru celebrated for bringing meditation to the West, was cremated at a site overlooking the confluence of the sacred Ganges and Yamuna rivers in this north Indian city. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Followers look on as relatives light the funeral pyre of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, unseen, in Allahabad, India, Monday, Feb. 11, 2008. Thousands of followers chanted Vedic hymns as the body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the guru celebrated for bringing meditation to the West, was cremated at a site overlooking the confluence of the sacred Ganges and Yamuna rivers in this north Indian city. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

The body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is taken for cremation in Allahabad, India, Monday, Feb. 11, 2008. Thousands of followers chanted Vedic hymns as the body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the guru celebrated for bringing meditation to the West, was cremated at a site overlooking the confluence of the sacred Ganges and Yamuna rivers in this north Indian city. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

The body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is taken for cremation in Allahabad, India, Monday, Feb. 11, 2008. Thousands of followers chanted Vedic hymns as the body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the guru celebrated for bringing meditation to the West, was cremated at a

site overlooking the confluence of the sacred Ganges and Yamuna rivers in this north Indian city. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Members of the group of 48 'ministers and rajas' who took over Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's leadership duties, are seen at the Maharishi's Ashram at Arail, Allahabad, India, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008. Thousands passed by the body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi as it lay in state on a throne of flowers in northern India Sunday, paying tribute to the guru celebrated for bringing meditation to the West. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's successor Maharaja Adhiraj Rajaraam, center, flanked by a group of 48 'ministers and rajas' who took over the Maharishi's leadership duties, come out after a press conference at the Maharishi's Ashram at Arail, Allahabad, India, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008. Thousands passed by the body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi as it lay in state on a throne of flowers in northern India Sunday, paying tribute to the guru celebrated for bringing meditation to the West. Rajaraam, announced that 48 'towers of invincibility'

would be built in 48 countries to continue the teachings of Maharishi as a memorial to him. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's (portrait seen behind) successor Maharaja Adhiraj Rajaraam, accepts the greetings of devotees at the Maharishi's Ashram at Arail, Allahabad, India, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008. Thousands passed by the body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi as it lay in state on a throne of flowers in northern India Sunday, paying tribute to the guru celebrated for bringing meditation to the West. Rajaraam, announced that 48 'towers of invincibility' would be built in 48 countries to continue the teachings of Maharishi as a memorial to him. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's (portrait seen behind) successor Maharaja Adhiraj Rajaraam, accepts the greetings of devotees at the Maharishi's Ashram at Arail, Allahabad, India, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008. Thousands passed by the body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi as it lay in state on a throne of flowers in northern India Sunday, paying tribute to the guru celebrated for bringing meditation to the West. Rajaraam, announced that 48 'towers of invincibility' would be built in 48 countries to continue the teachings of Maharishi as a memorial to him. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

The body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is seen at his ashram at Arail, in Allahabad, India, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008. The body will be cremated at Sangam, the confluence of Rivers Ganges and Yamuna on Feb. 11. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Flowers are placed in front of a portrait of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at his ashram at Arail, in Allahabad, India, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008. The body will be cremated at Sangam, the confluence of Rivers Ganges and Yamuna on Feb. 11. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Teachers and students of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Ashram recite vedic chants at his ashram at Arail, in Allahabad, India, Sunday, Feb.10, 2008. The body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi will be cremated at Sangam, the confluence of Rivers Ganges and Yamuna on Feb. 11. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A Sadhu or Hindu holy man waits for his turn to pay tributes to the body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, portrait seen behind, at his ashram at Arail, in Allahabad, India, Sunday, Feb.10, 2008. The body will be cremated at Sangam, the confluence of Rivers Ganges and Yamuna on Feb. 11. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Police officers on duty sit in front of a portrait of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, at his ashram at Arail, in Allahabad, India, Sunday, Feb.10, 2008. The body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi will be cremated at Sangam, the confluence of Rivers Ganges and Yamuna on Feb. 11. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Saints and followers, from India and abroad, offer prayers at the Ashram where the body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, is kept at Arail, in Allahabad, India, Sunday, Feb.10, 2008. The body will be cremated at Sangam, the confluence of Rivers Ganges and Yamuna on Feb. 11. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Followers of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, left to right.,Francis Ereenfield, Lynn Lass and Jenifer Lass from Fairfield, USA offer prayers and flowers at the body of Yogi at his ashram at Arail, in Allahabad, India, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008. The body will be cremated at Sangam, the confluence of Rivers Ganges and Yamuna on Feb. 11. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Devotees stand in queue to pay homage to the body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi outside his ashram at Arail, in Allahabad, India, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008. The body will be cremated at Sangam, the confluence of Rivers Ganges and Yamuna on Feb. 11. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Hindu spiritual leader Shankaracharya Vasudevanand Saraswati, right, pays homage as the body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is seen at his ashram at Arail, in Allahabad, India, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008. The body will be cremated at Sangam, the confluence of Rivers Ganges and Yamuna on Feb. 11. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

People pay homage as the body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is seen at his ashram at Arail, in Allahabad, India, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008. The body will be cremated at Sangam, the confluence of Rivers Ganges and Yamuna on Feb. 11. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A file picture taken on October 22, 1983 shows Maharishi Mahesh Yogi during a visit to Helsinki. The body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a one-time spiritual advisor to the Beatles who died this past week in the Netherlands, arrived in northern Indian for last rites. (AFP/Lehtikuva/File)

Devotees of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi carry his coffin which was flown from Holland for the last rites in Allahabad. (AFP)

Devotees wait to pay homage to the body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, unseen, as it is carried to his ashram in Arail, in Allahabad, India, Feb. 9, 2008. The body will be cremated at Sangam, the confluence of three rivers on Feb 11. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Devotees stand in queue to pay homage to the body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, unseen, at his ashram in Arail, in Allahabad, India, Feb. 9, 2008. The body will be cremated at Sangam, the confluence of three rivers on Feb 11. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Devotees wait to pay homage to the body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, unseen, as it is carried to his ashram in Arail, in Allahabad, India, Feb. 9, 2008. The body will be cremated at Sangam, the confluence of three rivers on Feb 11. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's successor Dr. Tony Nader, or Raja Ram, left, wearing a golden crown, is seen talking to a follower at Arail in Allahabad, India, Feb. 9, 2008. The body will be cremated at Sangam, the confluence of three rivers on Feb 11. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A devotee pays homage to the body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at his ashram in Arail, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008, Arail, about 30 kilometers, or 19 miles from Allahabad, India. Yogi, the Hindu holy man, soared to worldwide fame as a meditation guru to the Beatles. The body will be cremated at Sangam, the confluence of three rivers on Feb. 11. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

The body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is seen at his ashram, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008, Arail, about 30 kilometers, or 19 miles from Allahabad, India. Yogi, the Hindu holy man, soared to worldwide fame as a meditation guru to the Beatles. The body will be cremated at Sangam, the confluence of three rivers on Feb. 11. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

The body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is seen at his ashram, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008, Arail, about 30 kilometers, or 19 miles from Allahabad, India. Yogi, the Hindu holy man, soared to worldwide fame as a meditation guru to the Beatles. The body will be cremated at Sangam, the confluence of three rivers on Feb. 11. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Workers carry a poster of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, at Tapo Ashram, on the outskirts of Allahabad, India, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the leader of the Transcendental Meditation movement and Beatles guru died at his Dutch home on Feb. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Members of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi cremation committee surround the body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, also seen on portrait at right, at Tapo Ashram, on the outskirts of Allahabad, India, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the leader of the Transcendental Meditation movement and Beatles guru died at his Dutch home on Feb. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Members of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Cremation committee surround the body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, also seen on portrait at right, at Tapo Ashram, on the outskirts of Allahabad, India, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the leader of the Transcendental Meditation movement and Beatles guru died at his Dutch home on Feb. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Members of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Cremation committee Shankaracharya Vasudevanand Saraswati, right, and Ashok Singhal place flowers on the body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, also seen on portrait at background right, at Tapo Ashram, on the outskirts of Allahabad, India, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the leader of the Transcendental Meditation movement and Beatles guru died at his Dutch home on Feb. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

The leader of the Transcendental Meditation movement Maharashi Mahesh Yogi during a visit to Helsinki in 1983. Surviving ex-Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr paid

tribute Thursday to the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the band's one-time spiritual advisor, who died this week. (AFP/Lehtikuva/File)

Unidentified practicioners enter at the gate to the house of the Maharishi during the memorial service for the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Vlodrop, southern Netherlands, February 7, 2008. Practitioners of the Transcendental meditation gathered at the Dutch home and international headquarters of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Thursday for a memorial and recalled the achievements of the late guru to the Beatles who brought transcendental meditation to the West. REUTERS/Michael Kooren

Rajas or the main leaders of the movement from around the world meditate during the Memorial service for the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Vlodrop, southern Netherlands, February 7, 2008. Practitioners of the Transcendental meditation gathered at the Dutch

home and international headquarters of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Thursday for a memorial and recalled the achievements of the late guru to the Beatles who brought transcendental meditation to the West. REUTERS/Michael Kooren (NETHERLANDS

Practitioners and their children enter the house and headquarters of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to pay their respects in Vlodrop, southern Netherlands, February 7, 2008. Practitioners of the Transcendental meditation gathered at the Dutch home and international headquarters of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Thursday for a memorial and recalled the achievements of the late guru to the Beatles who brought transcendental meditation to the West. REUTERS/Michael Kooren (NETHERLANDS)

A conference room with a table filled with cups with equal amounts of money for each country is seen at the house and headquarters of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Vlodrop, southern Netherlands, February 7, 2008. Practitioners of the Transcendental meditation gathered at the Dutch home and international headquarters of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Thursday for a memorial and recalled the achievements of the late guru to the Beatles who brought transcendental meditation to the West. REUTERS/Michael Kooren (NETHERLANDS)

A conference room with a table filled with cups with equal amounts of money for each country is seen at the house and headquarters of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Vlodrop, southern Netherlands, February 7, 2008. Practitioners of the Transcendental meditation gathered at the Dutch home and international headquarters of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Thursday for a memorial and recalled the achievements of the late guru to the Beatles who brought transcendental meditation to the West. REUTERS/Michael Kooren (NETHERLANDS)

The house and headquarters of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is reflected in a pond in Vlodrop, southern Netherlands, February 7, 2008. Practitioners of the Transcendental meditation gathered at the Dutch home and international headquarters of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Thursday for a memorial and recalled the achievements of the late guru to the Beatles who brought transcendental meditation to the West. REUTERS/Michael Kooren (NETHERLANDS)

A man reads a book in front of the Maharishi University building during the Memorial service for the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Vlodrop, southern Netherlands, February 7,

2008. Practitioners of the Transcendental meditation gathered at the Dutch home and international headquarters of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Thursday for a memorial and recalled the achievements of the late guru to the Beatles who brought transcendental meditation to the West. REUTERS/Michael Kooren (NETHERLANDS)

Apples and flowers lay on a table during the Memorial service for the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Vlodrop, southern Netherlands, February 7, 2008. Practitioners of the Transcendental meditation gathered at the Dutch home and international headquarters of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Thursday for a memorial and recalled the achievements of the late guru to the Beatles who brought transcendental meditation to the West. REUTERS/Michael Kooren (NETHERLANDS)

Practitioners and their children enter the house and headquarters of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to pay their respects in Vlodrop, southern Netherlands, February 7, 2008. Practitioners of the Transcendental meditation gathered at the Dutch home and international headquarters of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Thursday for a memorial and recalled the achievements of the late guru to the Beatles who brought transcendental meditation to the West. REUTERS/Michael Kooren (NETHERLANDS)

Leaders from all over the world meditate during the memorial service for the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Vlodrop, southern Netherlands February 7, 2008. Practitioners of the Transcendental meditation gathered at the Dutch home and international headquarters of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Thursday for a memorial and recalled the achievements of the late guru to the Beatles who brought transcendental meditation to the West. REUTERS/Michael Kooren (NETHERLANDS)

Unidentified practitioners pass the Maharishi University building during the memorial service for the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Vlodrop, southern Netherlands February 7,

2008. Practitioners of the Transcendental meditation gathered at the Dutch home and international headquarters of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Thursday for a memorial and recalled the achievements of the late guru to the Beatles who brought transcendental meditation to the West. REUTERS/Michael Kooren (NETHERLANDS)

Practitioners work on their laptops during the memorial service for the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Vlodrop, southern Netherlands February 7, 2008. Practitioners of the Transcendental meditation gathered at the Dutch home and international headquarters of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Thursday for a memorial and recalled the achievements of the late guru to the Beatles who brought transcendental meditation to the West. REUTERS/Michael Kooren (NETHERLANDS)

Wolfgang Gied, the National Director of Religion and Culture of Germany, meditates during the memorial service for the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Vlodrop, southern Netherlands February 7, 2008. Practitioners of the Trancendental meditation gathered at the Dutch home and international headquarters of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Thursday for a memorial and recalled the achievements of the late guru to the Beatles who brought trancendental meditation to the West. REUTERS/Michael Kooren (NETHERLANDS)

Wolfgang Gied, the National Director of Religion and Culture of Germany, meditates during the memorial service for the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Vlodrop, southern Netherlands February 7, 2008. Practitioners of the Trancendental meditation gathered at the Dutch home and international headquarters of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Thursday for a memorial and recalled the achievements of the late guru to the Beatles who brought trancendental meditation to the West. REUTERS/Michael Kooren (NETHERLANDS)

An undated illustration of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The Maharishi, the Indian mystic who taught meditation to the West, inspired the anti-materialism of the late sixties and the music of the Beatles, gaining a hold over the era's most influential stars. REUTERS/Graphics

The headquarters of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Vlodrop, Netherlands, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a guru to the Beatles whose beaming, bearded face became an icon of 1960s hippie mysticism, has died at his Dutch home on Tuesday Feb. 5, 2008, just three weeks after telling his followers that his work was complete and retreated into silence. He was thought to be 91. (AP Photo/ Ermindo Armino)

Flowers in front of a portrait of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi inside the headquarters of Maharishi in Vlodrop, Netherlands, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a guru to the Beatles whose beaming, bearded face became an icon of 1960s hippie mysticism, has died at his Dutch home on Tuesday Feb. 5, 2008, just three weeks after telling his followers that his work was complete and retreated into silence. . He was thought to be 91. (AP Photo/ Ermindo Armino)

A man prays outside the headquarters of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Vlodrop, Netherlands, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a guru to the Beatles whose beaming, bearded face became an icon of 1960s hippie mysticism, has died at his Dutch home on Tuesday Feb. 5, 2008, just three weeks after telling his followers that his work was complete and retreated into silence. He was thought to be 91. (AP Photo)

An undated picture shows the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, once a spiritual advisor to the Beatles, at the Transcendental Meditation movement headquarters in Vlodrop, the Netherlands. The Maharishi has died in his Dutch home. He was thought to have been 91 years old(AFP/ANP/File/Peter Wijnands)

A follower of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi walks outside the headquarters of Maharishi in Vlodrop, Netherlands, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a guru to the Beatles whose beaming, bearded face became an icon of 1960s hippie mysticism, has died at his Dutch home on Tuesday Feb. 5, 2008, just three weeks after telling his followers that his work was complete and retreated into silence. He was thought to be 91. (AP Photo/ Ermindo Armino)

A woman holds flowers outside the headquarters of Maharishi, in Vlodrop, Netherlands, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a guru to the Beatles whose beaming, bearded face became an icon of 1960s hippie mysticism, has died at his Dutch home on Tuesday Feb. 5, 2008, just three weeks after telling his followers that his work was complete and retreated into silence. He was thought to be 91. (AP Photo/ Ermindo Armino)

A follower of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi stands near his van outside the headquarters of Maharishi in Vlodrop, Netherlands, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a guru to the Beatles whose beaming, bearded face became an icon of 1960s hippie mysticism, has died at his Dutch home on Tuesday Feb. 5, 2008, just three weeks after telling his followers that his work was complete and retreated into silence. He was thought to be 91. (AP Photo/ Ermindo

The Beatles perform in 1964. The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, once a spiritual advisor to the Beatles, died Tuesday in his Dutch home, a spokesman for the Maharishi's Transcendental Meditation movement told the ANP news agency here early Wednesday. (AFP/File)

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, one of India's spiritual teachers, is greeted by actress Mia Farrow at a Cambridge, Mass. hotel in this Monday, Jan. 23, 1968 file photo. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a guru to the Beatles who introduced the West to transcendental meditation, died Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008 at his home in the Dutch town of Vlodrop, a spokesman said. He was thought to be 91 years old. (AP Photo)

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, one of India's spiritual teachers, sits with actress Mia Farrow at Kennedy Airport in New York in this Jan. 23, 1968 file photo. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a guru to the Beatles who introduced the West to transcendental meditation, died Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008 at his home in the Dutch town of Vlodrop, a spokesman said. He was thought to be 91 years old. (AP Photo)

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, one of India's spiritual teachers, arrives at Heathrow airport in London, England in this Jan. 24, 1968 file photo. Behind him is American actress Mia Farrow. They are on their way to India so that Farrow can study at the Maharishi's academy. file photo. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a guru to the Beatles who introduced the West to transcendental meditation, died Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008 at his home in the Dutch town of Vlodrop, a spokesman said. He was thought to be 91 years old. (AP Photo, file)

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, one of India's spiritual teachers, gives a lecture to students at the Harvard Law School forum in Cambridge, Mass., in this Jan. 23, 1968 file photo. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a guru to the Beatles who introduced the West to transcendental meditation, died Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008 at his home in the Dutch town of Vlodrop, a spokesman said. He was thought to be 91 years old. (AP Photo, file)

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, one of India's spiritual teachers, accepts gifts of fruit and flowers from visitors in his home in New Delhi, India in this Dec. 1967 file photo. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a guru to the Beatles who introduced the West to transcendental meditation, died Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008 at his home in the Dutch town of Vlodrop, a spokesman said. He was thought to be 91 years old. (AP Photo, file)

The Beatles John Lennon, left, Paul McCartney, center background, Ringo Starr, second from right, and George Harrison, right, join the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, center, as they arrive by train at Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom, to participate in a weekend of meditation in this file photo dated Aug. 26, 1967. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the Indian guru to the Beatles and millions of meditators, died late Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008 at his home in the Dutch town of Vlodrop, a spokesman said. The Maharishi was believed to be 91. (AP Photo, File)

n this image made from video, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is seen during an AP interview in Vlodrop, Netherlands, in this Feb. 1, 2006 file photo. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the Indian guru to the Beatles and millions of meditators, died late Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008 at his home in the Dutch town of Vlodrop, a spokesman said. The Maharishi was believed to be 91. (AP Photo/APTN)

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, meditates at his headquarters in New Delhi, India in this Dec. 1967 file photo. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a guru to the Beatles who introduced the West to transcendental meditation, has died at his home in the Dutch town of Vlodrop, a spokesman said Tuesday Feb. 5, 2008. He was thought to be 91 years old. (AP Photo/File)

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is seen on a video screen during an AP interview in Vlodrop, Netherlands, in this Feb. 1, 2006 file photo. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the Indian guru to the Beatles and millions of meditators, died late Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008 at his home in the Dutch town of Vlodrop, a spokesman said. The Maharishi was believed to be 91. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is seen on a video screen during an AP interview in Vlodrop, Netherlands, in this Feb. 1, 2006 file photo. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the Indian guru to the Beatles and millions of meditators, died late Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008 at his home in the Dutch town of Vlodrop, a spokesman said. The Maharishi was believed to be 91. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, founder of the International Meditation Society and 'The City of Nations' in Kashmir, is seen in London, England, in this Aug. 24, 1967 file photo. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the Indian guru to the Beatles and millions of meditators, died late Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008 at his home in the Dutch town of Vlodrop, a spokesman said. The Maharishi was believed to be 91. (AP Photo, File)

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is seen on a video screen during an AP interview in Vlodrop, Netherlands on this Feb. 1, 2006 file photo. After more than 50 years at the helm of his Transcendental Meditation movement, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the aging Indian guru to stars like the Beatles, has retreated into near silence and turned over the day-to-day

running of his global network to senior aides, a close adviser said Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008. (AP Photo/ Peter Dejong, File)

The Beatles, from left to right: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison, join the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, center, as they arrive by train at Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom, to participate in a weekend of meditation, on this Aug. 26, 1967 file photo. After more than 50 years at the helm of his Transcendental Meditation movement, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the ageing Indian guru to stars like the Beatles, has retreated into near silence and turned over the day-to-day running of his global network to senior aides, a close adviser said Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008. (AP Photo/File)