How is India an important setting in the biography, John Lennon?

Bangor, Wales and Rishikesh, India were important settings for Lennon and the other Beatles because of their fascination with the Eastern guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who spoke of achieving inner peace through transcendental meditation. This fascination with the Maharishi led many fans of The Beatles to believe the band members had gone mad, to suspect that their overwhelming success had injured them psychologically. Lennon and the others, believing what the guru espoused about the worthlessness of material possessions, donated one-fourth of their incomes to the Maharishi's Regeneration Movement.