 Several other artists, including Mike Love of The Beach Boys, Donovan and Gyp Mills, visited the site to contemplate and meditate.For years boats were the only way to go across the Ganges where numerous ashrams lie, but in 1986, the building of the 222 ft Ram Jhula, similar to the Lakshman Jhula at Rishikesh, allowed easy access and rapid growth to the area.According to the 2011 Census of India, Muni Ki Reti had a population of 10,620.