PANAJI, IndiaPANAJI, India — Eight Finger Eddie’s time had come and gone. When the 85-year-old, touted as the godfather of Goa’s hippie scene, died last week in a beachside village in Goa, the west ...

A hundred years ago in 1915, Eight-finger Eddie was born Yertward Mazamanian to Armenian parents in America. In 1966, he was the first hippie to arrive in Goa, changing forever the profile of the tiny ...

Goa: North Goa’s Tito’s Lane, a short 200-metre stretch, houses 20-odd nightclubs and diners. Squished together, some are rather small, with a maximum capacity of not more than 200 people. But on any ...

Its sandy beaches and lazy fusion of cultures first attracted backpackers from the West more than 30 years ago. All-night raves and often drug-fuelled beach parties became the norm - until now. Today, ...

Goa's idyllic beach. Picture / Getty Images. We decided, on the drive from the airport to our hotel, to play a game of "count the hippie". There had been just one on our short flight from Mumbai to ...

Yertward Mazamanian alias Eddie, a hippie who discovered Goa's Anjuna beach, died in the coastal state last week, his friends said. The 85-year-old, known as Eight Finger Eddie, was an American expat ...

Incidentally, 2009 is the 40th anniversary of the festival which took place at Bethel, New York in 1969 - now regarded as a historical event that brought about a music revolution around the world.

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