Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Maererano nokuyeuka kwaGeorge Harrison mubhuku rake roupenyu, "I, Me, Mine", kushanya kwaakaita kuIndia muna 1974 kwakanga kuri kwake kwokutanga chifo cha 1968, apo maBeatles akanga adzidza Kufungisisa Kunopfuura Kwokuzvarwa nako paashram yaMaharishi Mahesh Yogi muRishikesh. Donzo guru rorwendo rwa 1974 rakanga riri rokupinda mumhemberero yeVedic mukuremekedza musha mutsva waRavi Shankar muBenares uye kurekodha chiitiko chacho. Achiperekedzwa neshamwari yake uye muimbi mumwechete Gary Wright, Harrison akatanga kuenda kuCalcutta kutanga kwaNdira asati aenda kuBenares; ikoko, iye naShankar vakagadzira pfungwa yeRavi Shankar's Music Festival kubva kuIndia uye yakatevera
rwendo rwakabatana rweNorth America pakupera kwegore. Harrison naShankar vakazoenda kuguta dzvene revaHindu reVrindavan, uko Harrison akafuridzirwa kunyora rwiyo rwekuzvipira "Ndiye 'Iye' (Jai Sri Krishna)". Gare gare murwendo, paakanga ari muBombay, akanyora imwe nziyo itsva, "Simply Shady".