Dhamma Arunachala Vipassana Meditation Centre

Wonderful experience. This is a meditation center for the 10 days course. The food and rooms are exactly what is needed to conduct the course in great conditions. The site and environment is lovely with full of different birds flying, eating, mating and singing around. Some lovely squirrels and small iguanas too. Don't bring food or if you do, make sure that the smell and noise won't bother people around (peace and noble silence), that it won't decay and above all, that is in a tight and impermeable container. You are in the middle of nature and animals land, we all share. Mouse will come and take their share, and destroy bags in the process, just be aware. If you bring your own toiletries, makes sure it's organic and non chemical as they have a reuse of the water in place for the plants. If you don't have any, you'll be able to buy some the day 0, during registration.

Dhamma Arunachala Vipassana center is the right place to practice the technique if you want to stay in contact with the nature. The environment is full of life and the center is fully eco-friendly and zero-waste oriented. Of course this means that if you haven't lived before in a "countryside" place it will be a bit uncomfortable at the beginning to adjust to some stuffs, but it is definitely worth it according to my opinion. The staff was helpful and the teacher patiently helped me when I had questions. I advice you to bring a sleep bag or a bed sheet with a cushion if you have the opportunity. Thank you for the taught experience, but really useful!

Don't have a second opinion if you are planning to visit this place. They serve very healthy Verity of millets based breakfast and lunch. Pagoda and individual cells are very spacious and calm for uninterrupted settings. 4/2 wheelers are not allowed in the campus so plan for either bus or auto. One caveat is avoid visiting in summer.

It was probably the 10 hardest days of my life so far but it was worth it. I learned sooooooooo much about myself and life. I feel stronger than ever and it was probably one of the most experiences of my life.

Experienced real bliss here. Thank God I attended this course in this lifetime. About the place: This is located few kms far from main thirvanamalai. If you are travelling by car with a GPS assist, you should not have any issues finding it. There are buses available here too. The place is very remotely located, so remote there is hardly any sound or air or even light pollution. Dont expect that you will be having a five star stay. One of the initial objectives of the course is to strip your ego off you. So you don't get to have a say on what you are going to eat or the coziness of your bed. Having said that, this center has done a good job in providing the basic needs. Do bring full track pants especially full cotton ones and bring 10 of them if you don't want to wash them everyday. Ensure that you inform to all your relatives and friends before starting to this place as you are going to be fully cut from the outside world. And maintain your silence for 10 days irrespective of the circumstances and speak only with the assistant teacher for getting clarity on the process. About the practice: I have done many different techniques of meditation for many years but this one tops the list because of its simplicity and result orientedness. One can easily measure the progress assuming they are able to deliberately invest each minute of the ten days they are here and at least 2 hours everyday after that. This is not a practice where you can just come and chill like a vacation. It is both mentally and physically challenging. Mentally because you have to concentrate close to 10 hours day in day out. Physically because you have to sit those 10 hours with your back straight.

Center is full of greenery and has maintained eco system like washing the utensils with ashes and utilizing the water for watering the plants. Since it is in interior so one has to be very punctual about the bus timings if not carrying own vehicle. I reached there by an auto and took public bus while returning from the center. Be careful with the reptiles like snakes so always carry torch and lizards. They will provide you the mosquito net. Pagoda are constructed where you can meditate. Avoid going in Summers as it is hot and humid. Food is South Indian.

The greatness about this place is that everything is very simple and natural... They are striving hard to make it a zero waste centre and the management is doing a wonderful job... The food is completely organic and they dont use milk too... Thanks to the management for enabling many people like me to truly have "once in a lifetime" experience... Let this place benefit much more people....

Got blissfull experience. Impurities of mind starts going away from this wonderful Technic. I will be a devotee of Bhuddha by adopting his athittan quality.. Thanks the organization for giving such a great. opportunity! Heartiest Thanks to Guruji and Teacher subramaniyam Aiyya for their compassionate Teaching.

Every detail has been looked into starting from building, rain water harvesting, kitchen waste management, sewage treatment and converting to manure, food preparation & service, attending to needs of every individual ... The list can go on. Learn Vipassana and bring out your true nature. Thanks to the brothers who have devoted their life to this center and all othere who are supporting them

The place where you can learn what is meditation. Nice environment and they are maintaining it very well. They are running the centre only based on donations from the old students of the course. Accommodation and food are provided for free of cost. Also a very good place for foreigners. Instructions are available on multiple languages for our convince.

Served here in Feb 18. Perfect place for learning and practicing Vipassana. Everything about this place is tuned towards enabling oneself to turn inward. Food is perfectly sattvic. Even the soap for bathing and laundry is 100 %natural and bio degradable. The principles of dhamma is followed to the letter and spirit.

A wonderful Meditation Centre.Very peaceful atmosphere. Natural scenery and organic food for maintaining health. Still a growing centre. So many development works are going on. Targeting for zero wastage of electricity,water and food. An ideal centre for other meditation centres.

A well planned vast place to accommodate compassionately and help us discover our inner peace. Has a meditation pagoda with circular cells enough to contain about 100 students at once. With hot weather and water shortage but never let's the students face any of that heat. May buddha bless all those who serve there.

Apparently, the place is good, however their registration system seems to not work properly. I have applied twice for a Vipassana course and for the first, I didn't receive any confirmation, for the second, I received all the confirmation e-mails at once the evening before the start of the course. I also heard of friends that they didn't really hear anything until short before the course and like this it will be difficult to plan when coming from outside.

"Experience your inner world; and solve it by your own." - Learn about the Law of nature way of life, love, and truth. Grow stronger spirituality, Mentality and physically. - Accommodation : Well maintained dorms, Natural soil buildings. Good for self-healing. - Food : Fully Organic vegan food, good for self-control. - Atmosphere : Well maintained inside the campus, but outside the campus was quite noisy from the nearby villages.When you truly practice the inner silence inside you, then you will forget about the noise from the outside. - Transport : Timing buses available, you can get "Mini-bus(Sri Krishna) from Tiruvannamalai old GH to Dhamma Arunachala centre" 'Bus timings: Around 1.15PM and 3PM from Tiruvannamalai old GH'. 'Auto rickshaw also available from Tiruvannamalai old GH' If you are interested in then come and get your own salvation experience????Have a happy life and experience.??

Vipassana center. Offers 10-day, 3-day and self-paced courses. Spacious Dhamma hall. Dome with adequate meditation cells. Sufficient open space with gardens. 50 different species of medicinal trees. Situated in foothills of Thiruvannamalai. Peaceful agricultural village surrounding campus. Friendly and helpful staff. Excellent catering services. Occasional water shortage. Infrequent bus service.

It's one of the best place for Vipassana meditation. Technique is robust. Power of arunachala makes it the best place. Chemical free place and they provide organic foods, like millets. The view of Arunachala mountain from this place is lovely, especially during sun rise and sun set.

Everyone must visit once at least. Peaceful place for meditation, traditional and healthy food. 10 days course offered free of cost. The precious meditation technique thought by the great Butha will be thought.

Blessed to visit the place... Heavenly experience... I like this place I stayed in this place for 2 weeks.. they take care me very well. Accommodation is awesome... Location is best suit for spiritual life... Vippasana experience is awesome. arunachala mountain is a very old and pristine mountain in the Eastern Ghats range of India. Geologists have calculated the age of this mountain as 2.6 billion years. It is an isolated hill, about fifty miles inland from the Bay of Bengal and rises into a peak of 2268 feet above sea level. On this hill there are many caves and hermitages near which are freshwater springs and tanks. On the western slopes are forest areas, but the eastern slopes, until recent years and the beginning of recent reforestation programmes, were barren. From recorded history, this area has been believed to be sacred. From time immemorial, saints and sages have sung the benevolent and liberating nature of the arunachala Hill. The great power of arunachala hill's attraction has been affirmed by countless sages, saints and other persons who have come to the foot of the Mountain. The Hill evokes a tremendous power of radiance. Throughout the ages saints and sages have sung verses in Sanskrit, Tamil and other Indian languages extolling the unique power of arunachala to root out the ego and to bestow Self-knowledge.

It’s like a heaven in the earth!. Food and atmosphere is very good. Must attend this course at least once a year.