 Along with their wives , girlfriends , assistants and numerous reporters , the Beatles arrived in India in February 1968 and joined the group of 60 people who were training to be TM teachers , including musicians Donovan , Mike Love of the Beach Boys , and flautist Paul Horn . While there , John Lennon , Paul McCartney and Harrison wrote many songs and Ringo Starr finished writing his first . Eighteen of those songs were recorded for The Beatles ( " the White Album " ) , two songs appeared on the Abbey Road album , and others were used for various solo projects . 
