--- title: "The Beatles and IVU - IVU - International Vegetarian Union" description: "The Beatles and IVU: 1957 - IVU World Vegetarian Congress in India , organised by Jay Mankar . 1960 - August, IVU Congress held in Hamburg , Jay Mankar present." url: "https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/2546-history-ivu-beatles.html" date: "2026-11-06T00:07:28+00:00" language: "en-GB" --- # The Beatles and IVU **The Beatles and IVU**1957 - [IVU World Vegetarian Congress in India](https://ivu.org/hv-congress-1957-congress-wvc57-index.html), organised by [Jay Mankar](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/4333-members-council-jay-mankar.html). [Maharishi Mahesh Yogi](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/3864-congress-wvc57-maharishi.html) present. 1960 - August, [IVU Congress held in Hamburg](https://ivu.org/hv-congress-main-congress-wvc60-index.html), Jay Mankar present. Beatles arrive in Hamburg, playing at the Reeperbahn. 1964? - George met Ravi Shankar, became vegetarian around this time 1966 - George uses sitar on Revolver. Hare Krishnas formed. 1967 - November, IVU Congress in New Delhi, again organised by Jay Mankar. Beatles due at nearby Rishikesh but delayed by Paul filming magical mystery tour. Would they have visited the Congress? 1968 - February, Beatles at Rishikesh, 150 miles NW of Delhi, with Maharishi, all vegetarian *from The British Vegetarian, May/June 1968:* > **Hard Days Yoga** Even *The Times* (19.2.68) condescended to reporting that the Beatles had a vegetarian diet while meditating with their Maharishi in Rishikesh. > Good example in our youthful drug-addicted, violent, protesting world. 1968 - Paul & Jane Asher still veggie but then split up. 1970s - Paul & Linda go veggie 1977 - Jay Mankar dies just before the next Congress he was organising in India, memorial award created 1988 - Linda's first vegetarian cookbook 1991 - Linda's vegetarian food range 1998 - Linda dies 1999 - Mankar Memorial Award to Linda ![](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/people/music/macca2.jpg) 1999 - IVU News editor Hare Krishna, uses Bhaktivedanta Manor to distribute magazine. 2002 - Paul sponsors delegates from developing countries to attend Congress in Edinburgh. Used to pay for Africans and others. A note on this archive. The history section of this website is drawn from a body of legacy content originally compiled by John Davis, former manager of the International Vegetarian Union. It represents his curation of historical material, and in places includes passages written by him directly. Over the years, the IVU website has migrated between several different hosting servers. In the course of these migrations, a number of PDF files were unfortunately lost, and **some links to PDF documents may no longer function**. 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