Village Rewat (Kadel), near Pushkar, Rajasthan
Dhamma Pushkar Vipassana Centre
Ten-day silent Vipassana in the hills outside Pushkar
Details checked on the official site, October 2026 · We never take bookings or commissions
Dhamma Pushkar is a residential Vipassana centre on about 12 acres outside Pushkar, run by a local charitable trust. It holds the standard 10-day silent course in the S.N. Goenka tradition through most of the year, plus short and long courses for past students, all on a donation basis.
12-acre campus between the Aravalli hills and the dunes
Pagoda with 120 individual meditation cells
10-day courses run almost back-to-back from autumn to early summer
Free
donation-based
- Stay
- Meals
- Meditation
10-day course is free incl. food and lodging; only past students may donate
Courses here are free or by donation. Never pay an agent or another website to book.
Indicative. Checked on the official site, October 2026.
Before you book
Arrival
Fixed course dates only
Couples
Couples stay separately
Phones
Phones handed in
Food
Vegetarian food
Booking
Apply on their site
Taxes
Not stated: ask the retreat
Great for
- first-timers
- budget travellers
- digital detox
- deep practice
Maybe not for
- Short breaks: the minimum is 11 nights
- Anyone who needs to stay reachable by phone
Good to know before you go
- About 10 km from Pushkar: take the Merta road to Tilora, then 3.7 km towards Kadel and Bassi
- Complete silence and no devices for the whole course; you must stay all 10 days
- Apply well ahead; a reply can take up to two weeks
Programs & stays
Rooms: Residences for 40 men and 20 women; a Dhamma hall for 120 and a pagoda with 120 cells
Program names and lengths change. Check the retreat's calendar for current dates.
When to go
Best Oct–Mar. Oct–Mar is pleasant (cold nights in Dec–Jan); Apr–Jun is very hot; mid-Jul to Aug is set aside for long courses
- Winter · Dec–Feb
- Post-monsoon · Oct–Nov
Getting there
Nearest airportKishangarh (KQH), ~75 min by taxi; Jaipur (JAI), ~3 hr (150 km)
By trainAjmer Jn, ~45 min drive (25 km)
- ~470 km from Delhi NCR, best to fly
- ~1,150 km from Mumbai, best to fly
- ~1,480 km from Hyderabad, best to fly
- ~1,980 km from Kolkata, best to fly
Researched from the retreat's official website and public sources. Details change, so confirm prices, dates and policies with Dhamma Pushkar Vipassana Centre before booking.
- Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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- Photo: Olga Pukhalskaya, Unsplash
- Photo: Milan Popovic, Unsplash
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