 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.
