Delhi NCR · logistics, not instruction

The Vipassana centre for Delhi is in Sohna, not in the city

If you searched for a Vipassana centre in Delhi expecting an address off the Metro, here is the honest version: the official 10-day residential centre that serves Delhi sits about 70 km out, in the Aravali hills near Sohna. Delhi itself holds the booking office and a map of weekly sittings. This page lays out both.

Matthew Diakonov, Written with AI

Published June 17, 20267 min read

Direct answer · verified 2026-06-17

There is no 10-day Vipassana residential centre inside Delhi city. In the S.N. Goenka tradition, the centre serving Delhi NCR is Dhamma Sota, in Sohna, Haryana, about 70 km from New Delhi Railway Station. Delhi proper has the registration office at Nehru Place and a set of weekly group sittings for people who have already completed a course.

Source: Dhamma Sota contact page and the centre's Delhi NCR group sittings list.

residential 10-day centres inside Delhi city limits

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weekly group-sitting spots inside Delhi (more across NCR)

Dhamma Sota: the centre that serves Delhi

When people say "the Delhi centre," this is almost always the place they mean. Dhamma Sota opened in 2000 and is the dedicated Vipassana centre for the Delhi NCR region. It is run in the tradition of Vipassana as taught by S.N. Goenka in the lineage of Sayagyi U Ba Khin, which matters because that is the tradition whose 10-day courses are free and donation-run. The address below is a real place, but it is in Haryana, not Delhi.

Centre (where the course happens)

Dhamma Sota

Village Rahaka, near Nimmod police post,
Ballabhgarh–Sohna Road, Sohna,
Haryana 122102

~70 km / ~2 hours from central New Delhi · ~16 acres in the Aravali hills

Office (where the admin lives)

Registration / administrative office

Room No. 1015, 10th Floor,
Hemkunt Tower (Modi Tower),
98 Nehru Place, New Delhi 110019

Open Mon–Sat, 10:00 am – 5:30 pm. This is an office, not a place to sit a course.

Addresses read from the centre's own contact page on 2026-06-17. Phone numbers and the current course calendar live there too; confirm them before you travel.

Why "centre in Delhi" is the wrong mental model

Most lists of meditation centres in Delhi blur two very different things together: drop-in studios inside the city, and residential retreat centres. They are not the same activity. A 10-day course is a residential commitment, so it needs land, a meditation hall, a kitchen and dormitories, which is exactly why the official centre sits on 16 acres outside the city rather than in a Nehru Place tower. Searching for a Vipassana "centre in Delhi" and landing on a city address usually means you have found either the booking office or a different organisation entirely.

So it helps to split the question in two. If you have never sat a course, the thing you actually want is a 10-day course date at Dhamma Sota, out in Sohna. If you have already sat one and you live in Delhi, the thing you want is a weekly group sitting near your part of the city. The rest of this page is one section for each.

If you have never sat a course: how booking actually works

A first 10-day course is the only real entry point. It is not something you can sample for an evening, and you cannot start at a group sitting. Here is the sequence, end to end, as logistics, not as practice advice.

Pick a course date on the Dhamma Sota schedule

Dhamma Sota runs 10-day courses for new and old students starting on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of most months, conducted bilingually in Hindi and English. The live calendar of open dates and seats lives on the centre's schedule page.

Apply online through dhamma.org

Applications go through the official tradition portal, not a phone booking. You fill out a written application that asks about health and prior experience, then wait for the centre to process it. There is no walk-in enrolment.

Wait for written confirmation

Seats are limited (the residence holds roughly 120 students per course), so popular dates fill and an application is not a confirmed seat until the centre replies. Old students can also serve as Dhamma workers if a course is full.

Travel out to Sohna for the course

The residential course happens at the Sohna site, roughly 70 km and a two-hour drive from central Delhi, not at any address inside the city. You arrive on Day 0 afternoon and stay on site for all 12 calendar days.

Between courses, sit weekly inside Delhi

Once you have completed a 10-day course, the in-city group sittings (mapped below) are how Delhi NCR old students keep a shared weekly practice without travelling back to Sohna each time.

The live calendar and application form are on the centre's course schedule page and the global portal at dhamma.org.

If you are an old student: the Delhi group-sitting map

This is the part that is genuinely inside Delhi. Across the city, old students (anyone who has completed at least one 10-day course) host weekly hour-long group sittings in homes and small halls. They are how a Delhi practitioner keeps a shared rhythm without driving to Sohna every week. The list below is from the centre's own Delhi NCR page, read on 2026-06-17.

Weekly Vipassana group sittings inside Delhi
Location	Part of Delhi	Weekly sitting
Shalimar Bagh	North	Sat 8:00–9:00 am
Pitampura	North	Sun 8:00–9:00 am
Narela	North	Sat 5:00–6:00 pm
IIT	South	Sat 10:00–11:00 am
Shanti Niketan	South	Tue 6:30–7:30 pm
Chhatarpur	South	Thu 6:30–7:30 pm
Gandhi Nagar	East	Sun 2:00–4:00 pm; daily 5:00–6:00 pm
Yamuna Vihar	East	Daily 6:00–8:00 am and 6:00–8:00 pm
East Punjabi Bagh	West	Daily 7:45–9:45 am and 5:00–7:00 pm
Tihar Jail Road	West	Sun 8:00–9:00 am
Rajouri Garden	West	Sun 10:00–11:00 am
Village Hiran Kudna	West	Daily 6:00–7:00 am

Around the NCR

Weekly Vipassana group sittings across Delhi NCR
Location	Part of Delhi	Weekly sitting
Gurugram (Gurgaon)	NCR	Sat & Sun 8:00–9:00 am
Noida	NCR	Sat 9:00–10:00 am
Ghaziabad	NCR	Multiple daily and weekend sittings

Days and timings shift, and new locations open. Treat this as a starting map and confirm the current list on the centre's Delhi NCR group sittings page before you turn up.

I have not sat at Dhamma Sota; my six courses were at centres in the United States, so I am not the right person to ask about the food or the dormitories there. What carries across every centre I have sat at is the shape of the thing: the residential 10-day course is the front door, the weekly group sitting is the maintenance habit, and both are run on donations by old students rather than sold. If you are weighing a first course near Delhi, that structure is the part worth understanding before the specific address.

Thinking about a first course but stuck on the logistics?

If you want to talk through what a 10-day course near Delhi actually involves with someone who has sat several, grab a slot. I am a fellow practitioner, not a teacher, and anything about how to practise goes to dhamma.org.

Vipassana in Delhi: common questions

Is there a Vipassana centre inside Delhi city?

Not a residential one. In the S.N. Goenka tradition there is no 10-day residential Vipassana centre within Delhi's city limits. The nearest official centre is Dhamma Sota, in Sohna, Haryana, about 70 km from New Delhi Railway Station. What Delhi itself holds is the registration and administrative office at Nehru Place and a network of weekly group-sitting locations for people who have already completed a course.

Where exactly is Dhamma Sota and how far is it from Delhi?

Dhamma Sota is at Village Rahaka, near Nimmod police post, on the Ballabhgarh–Sohna Road, Sohna, Haryana 122102. It sits in roughly 16 acres in the Aravali hills and is about 70 km, or close to a two-hour drive, from central New Delhi. The administrative office is separate: Room No. 1015, 10th floor, Hemkunt Tower (Modi Tower), 98 Nehru Place, New Delhi 110019.

How do I register for a course near Delhi?

Course dates and applications are handled online through the official tradition site. You choose an open date on the Dhamma Sota schedule, submit a written application via dhamma.org, and wait for the centre to confirm your seat. The Nehru Place office (phone listed on the centre's contact page) handles administrative queries, but enrolment itself is the online application, not a walk-in.

When do 10-day courses run at Dhamma Sota?

The centre lists 10-day courses for new and old students starting on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of most months, run bilingually in Hindi and English. Because the calendar shifts and some dates are old-student only, always confirm the current openings on the centre's own schedule page before planning travel.

What are the Delhi group sittings and can a beginner attend?

Group sittings are weekly hour-long sits held at fixed locations across Delhi NCR (Shalimar Bagh, IIT, Yamuna Vihar, East Punjabi Bagh and others). In this tradition they are for old students, meaning people who have completed at least one full 10-day course, not an introduction for beginners. If you have not sat a course yet, the entry point is the 10-day course at Dhamma Sota, not a group sitting.

How much does a course cost?

Courses in this tradition are run entirely on donations. There is no course fee, no charge for the food or the room, and donations are accepted only from people who have completed at least one 10-day course, on the principle that your sitting is paid for by an old student before you and your later donation pays for someone after you. Treat that as logistics, and confirm specifics with the centre.

Does vipassana.cool run the Delhi centre?

No. vipassana.cool is an independent resource site written by a fellow meditator who has sat six courses (in the United States), not a centre, a teacher, or part of the Dhamma Sota administration. For anything operational, the registration office, course dates, travel, or how to practise, the authority is dhamma.org and the Dhamma Sota centre itself.