In 1953, after Guru Dev's death, his secretary, Brahmachari Mahesh ji, travelled to Uttar Kashi and stayed in this ashram, and lived in isolation for many months. After this period the brahmachari travelled to the south of India, where he began lecturing and teaching meditation, then becoming known as Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

The large sheds to the front of the ashram were erected sometime in the early 1960's, as it was envisaged by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi that they would be used to house course participants attending his Spiritual Guides meditation courses. It is said that when the sheds at Uttarkashi were abandoned in favour of premises elsewhere (in Rishikesh, at Shankaracharya Nagar), the government annexed them, for the storage of sacks of grains.