Photos From Guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s Death

Photos from Guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s death

Thu Feb 7, 1:10 PM ET - 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.

Thu Feb 7, 1:09 PM ET - 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.

Thu Feb 7, 1:27 PM ET - 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.

Thu Feb 7, 1:31 PM ET - 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.

Sat Feb 9, 6:14 AM ET - (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.

Sat Feb 9, 6:16 AM ET - (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Sat Feb 9, 6:29 AM ET - (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.

Sat Feb 9, 9:16 AM ET - (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Sat Feb 9, 9:18 AM ET - (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. The body will be cremated at Sangam, the confluence of three rivers on Feb. 11.

Sat Feb 9, 10:33 AM ET - (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.

Sat Feb 9, 10:51 AM ET - (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.

Sun Feb 10, 3:38 AM ET - (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.

Sun Feb 10, 4:14 AM ET - (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.

Sun Feb 10, 4:20 AM ET - (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Teachers and students of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Ashram recite vedic chants at his ashram at Arail, in Allahabad, India.

Sun Feb 10, 10:24 AM ET - (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Sun Feb 10, 10:28 AM ET - (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. Rajaraam, announced that 48 'towers of invincibility' would be built in 48 countries to continue the teachings of Maharishi as a memorial to him.

The embalmed body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is seen at his "ashram" or hermitage in the northern Indian city of Allahabad February 10, 2008.

Sun Feb 10, 10:29 AM ET - (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.

Sun Feb 10, 10:31 AM ET - (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.

Mon Feb 11, 4:39 AM ET - (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 was cremated at a site overlooking the confluence of the sacred Ganges and Yamuna rivers in this north Indian city.

Mon Feb 11, 5:01 AM ET - (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.

Mon Feb 11, 5:25 AM ET - (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Mon Feb 11, 5:28 AM ET - (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Mon Feb 11, 6:27 AM ET - (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Relatives prepare to light the funeral pyre of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

Mon Feb 11, 6:28 AM ET - (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Relatives perform rituals after lighting the funeral pyre of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

Mon Feb 11, 6:35 AM ET - (Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)

Mon Feb 11, 6:59 AM ET - REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash (INDIA)

Devotees carry the body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for his funeral in the northern Indian city of Allahabad February 11, 2008. The embalmed body was cremated on a huge pyre of sandalwood by India's holiest river.

Mon Feb 11, 7:23 AM ET - (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.

Mon Feb 11, 8:07 AM ET - (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

Mon Feb 11, 8:25 AM ET - (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Art of Living Guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar pays homage during the funeral of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Allahabad, India, Monday, Feb. 11, 2008.

Mon Feb 11, 6:36 AM ET - (Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)

Family members attend the funeral of Maharishi.

Mon Feb 11, 10:45 AM ET - (AFP/Sanjay Kanojia)

The body of Indian spiritual leader Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is surrounded by devotees at its cremation site in Allahabad.

Mon Feb 11, 11:41 AM ET - REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash (INDIA)

Devotees attend the funeral of Maharishi.

Tue Feb 12, 3:51 AM ET - (AFP/Sanjay Kanojia)

Devotees of Indian spiritual leader Maharishi Mahesh Yogi offer prayers near the cremation site.

Tue Feb 12, 7:40 AM ET - (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.

Tue Feb 12, 7:43 AM ET - (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.

Tue Feb 12, 7:44 AM ET - (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.

Tue Feb 12, 7:50 AM ET - (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's successor Maharaja Adhiraj Rajaraam, center, blesses his followers.

Tue Feb 12, 8:32 AM ET - (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's successor Maharaja Adhiraj Rajaraam, center wearing crown, accompanies relatives carrying urns containing Maharishi's ashes.