Vipassana centres in India by state: phone, email and websites

India has more Vipassana centres than any other country. This page lists 144 of them by state, with the phone number, email and website each one publishes: 129 centres and 14 other course sites in S. N. Goenka's tradition from dhamma.org's directory, and the Mahabodhi International Meditation Centre in Ladakh.

Maharashtra has the most (43), followed by Gujarat (16), Telangana (10) and Rajasthan (9).

How to apply

You apply online, not by phone. Choose a centre and a course date on dhamma.org or on the centre's own website, fill in the form, and wait for a confirmation by email. Courses are free and run on donations from past students (is Vipassana free?).

Use the phone numbers for questions: directions, arrival times, or a course you have already applied for.

On courses in S. N. Goenka's tradition, phones are handed in until the course ends. After the course, keeping up the practice at home describes the daily sittings, and Clean Pomodoro, a free Vipassana meditation and Pomodoro timer for iPhone and Android, can time them: you set the length of a Vipassana or ānāpāna sitting, sit in silence, and a gentle cue marks the end.

The best-known centres

Some centres are especially well known because they are old or large, or close to a Buddhist site or a big city. The details come from each centre's own description:

Centre	Where	Known for
Dhamma Giri	Igatpuri, Maharashtra	The Vipassana International Academy, where courses have run since 1976 (guide)
Global Vipassana Pagoda	Gorai, Mumbai	The great stone dome; 10-day courses and one-day courses for old students (guide)
Dhamma Pattana	Gorai, Mumbai	Inside the Pagoda complex; the first centre for executives' courses, according to VRI
Dhamma Thali	Jaipur, Rajasthan	Set up in 1977; one of the oldest and largest centres
Dhamma Bodhi	Bodh Gaya, Bihar	About 3.5 km from the Bodhi tree; first course 1995
Dhamma Cakka	Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh	3.5 km from the Deer Park, where the Buddha gave his first discourse
Dhamma Sikhara	Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh	Deodar forest at about 2,000 m, above McLeodganj
Dhamma Setu	Chennai, Tamil Nadu	18 acres on the city's outskirts, established in 2000
Dhamma Khetta	Hyderabad, Telangana	Held a course in 1976 and calls itself the first centre
Dhamma Salila	Dehradun, Uttarakhand	In the Doon valley since 1995

Each centre's page has its description, the courses it offers and a map where its location has been confirmed.

Centres that are still being built

Some listings are new, still being built or used only for short courses, and do not run 10-day courses yet; each centre's page lists the courses it offers. If you are looking for your first 10-day course, choose a centre whose schedule shows one.

Every centre in India: phone, email and website

If a number has changed or a centre is missing, please tell us and we will correct it. For Nepal, see Vipassana centres in Nepal: phone numbers, emails and websites.