 Lennon , his wife Cynthia , the Harrisons and Jenny Boyd arrived in Delhi on 15 February , where they were met by Mal Evans , their advance man , who had arranged the 150 @-@ mile ( 240 km ) , six @-@ hour taxi drive to Rishikesh . McCartney , his girlfriend Jane Asher , Starr and his wife Maureen arrived four days later . The group arrived three weeks after the session , due to end 25 April , had already begun . They were accompanied by a small retinue of reporters and photographers who were mostly kept out of the fenced and gated compound . Entourage members Evans , Brown and Neil Aspinall were there for all or part of the time and Mardas arrived four weeks later . 
