Dihika

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Dihika, a small hamlet in West Bengal, India, was made famous by Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda who had landed here way back in 1917 for setting up a "How-to-Live" school with only 7 students and a couple of teachers. The school, housed in a one-storey building on the brink of a small pond, was inaugurated on 22nd March, 1917 with the financial assistance of Sri Manindra Chandra Nandi, the then Maharaja of Kashimbazar. However, the school was shifted to Ranchi in 1918.

This village is located on the west bank of Damodar River and is approximately 10 kms away from the city of Asansol.

In 1997, a piece of this land encompassing the pond was purchased by Yogoda Satsanga Society of India, the Spiritual Organization that Paramahansa Yogananda had founded in 1917. YSSI Dihika Kendra has been functioning from this place since then.

For a brief history of this place and the school, please visit: http://www.geocities.com/yssi_dihika_kendra/index