Hindu Prayer Room and Breathing Space

The Hindu Prayer Room is a space where Hindu students can perform worship services and meet for small spiritual and cultural events. This serene space is open to students during the week for prayer, contemplation or personal worship on an individual basis. At any time when the chaplain’s office is open, you can come and ask at the front desk for it to be unlocked.

A variety of group-oriented spiritual and cultural programs, mainly hosted by the Yale Hindu Students Organization, also occur in this room during the semester. These include text study, discussions, speaker events, chai socials, and creative art activities such as crafting clay Ganesha statues during Ganesh Chaturti.  

Special pujas that celebrate major Hindu festivals such as Navaratri, Maha Shivratri and Ramanavami occur in Dwight Chapel on Old Campus. These worship services occur as close to the actual date as possible.

Interested in a hidden gem meditation and creative space? Visit Breathing Space, the Chaplain’s Office satellite space in the basement of Welch Hall. Accessible via Entryway C, Breathing Space is a technology-free area appointed with a variety of craft items and a meditation room featuring a 7-foot interior waterfall. Drop by to color in a rangoli drawing and then spend a few minutes de-stressing to the soothing sounds of moving water.

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