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Goenka (U Ba Khin) · Residential centre
Kotdanda, Godawari, Lalitpur, Bagmati Province, Nepal · Also called Dhammagara, Kotdanda Vipassana Meditation Center
Dhammāgāra ('Home of Dhamma') is the Kotdanda Vipassana Meditation Center in Godawari, Lalitpur. Its hall seats 60 and its residences accommodate 24 male and 24 female students; it runs monthly 10-day courses, one-day courses for old students on set Saturdays and monthly children's courses.
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.
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).
Details checked 24 Sept 2026. Course dates, rules and contacts change: confirm on the centre’s own site.
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