Dhamma Ketu

Dhamma Ketu ('Banner' or 'Fort of Dhamma'), also listed as the Durg Vipassana Centre, is at Thanod, via Anjora, in Durg district, Chhattisgarh. It is near the Shivnath river, 10.5 km from Durg on National Highway 6 and about 40 km from Raipur. The sources disagree on its start: dhamma.org gives 1994 for the first course, while the centre's own history page dates the ground-breaking to 19 September 1995 and says courses have been held on the site since September 1996. Instructions are given in Hindi and English. Besides 10-day courses, the schedule lists Satipatthana Sutta courses, one- and three-day courses for old students, a seven-day course for teenagers and Anapana courses for children. From Durg, the centre's directions suggest an auto-rickshaw from the railway station, or a Rajnandgaon bus to Anjora and an auto from there.

How to apply

Apply online through the centre's page on dhamma.org (in Nepal, start from np.dhamma.org). New students must first complete a 10-day course, and there is no charge.

What is taught here

Donation-funded 10-day courses taught with S. N. Goenka's recorded instructions, in the line of Sayagyi U Ba Khin, at centres in Nepal and worldwide. Read about Goenka (U Ba Khin).