Why were hippies inspired by India?

Hippie Culture is Very Much Indian Time Magazine in its article wrote that it was the Indian concept of 'sanyas' that is the true ideology behind hippie movement. It also noted that the spiritual teachings of St. read more

Goa till today has a hippie market and serves as a hotspot for hippies coming to India. Hippies of India The culture declined after the 1970’s because of the Yom-Kippur war, Iraq-Iran conflict and the invasion of Afghanistan. read more

The article also claimed that the hippies were influenced by the ideals of Jesus Christ, Hillel the Elder, Buddha, St. Francis of Assisi, Henry David Thoreau, Gandhi, and others. read more