Dhamma Vipassana Meditation Center Directory Scraper

Scrapes the complete Dhamma.org global Vipassana meditation center directory — the official source for all Goenka-tradition centers worldwide.

Returns one structured record per location: official Dhamma name, subdomain slug, country, state/region, city, geographic coordinates, course schedule URL, center website, center type, and active status. Covers all ~400 locations across 102 countries.

What you get

Field	Description
center_code	Unique numeric ID from dhamma.org
center_name	Official Dhamma center name (e.g. "Dhamma Siri")
subdomain	Center subdomain slug (e.g. siri for siri.dhamma.org)
country	Full country name
country_code	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code
state_or_region	State or administrative region
city	City
center_type	center (established) or noncenter (itinerant / no fixed venue)
latitude / longitude	Geographic coordinates
languages	Languages offered (when listed)
course_schedule_url	Link to course schedule on dhamma.org
contact_url	Contact page on dhamma.org
center_homepage_url	Center's own website (e.g. http://siri.dhamma.org)
is_active	true if courses are currently scheduled
flag_class	CSS flag class (e.g. flag-us)
scraped_at	ISO 8601 scrape timestamp

Use cases

• Retreat finder apps — build location-aware search over ~400 Vipassana venues
• Travel & wellness platforms — match traveler itineraries with nearby Vipassana opportunities
• LATAM coverage — all 25+ centers across Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
• Research — track the global growth of the Goenka network over time

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
maxItems	integer	10	Max records to return. Set to 0 or omit for all centers.

Example output

{
  "center_code": "1309",
  "center_name": "Dhamma Pataka",
  "subdomain": "pataka",
  "country": "South Africa",
  "country_code": "ZA",
  "state_or_region": "Western Cape",
  "city": "Worcester",
  "center_type": "center",
  "latitude": -33.645,
  "longitude": 19.4411,
  "languages": "",
  "course_schedule_url": "https://www.dhamma.org/en/schedules/schpataka",
  "contact_url": "https://www.dhamma.org/en-US/locations/contact/pataka",
  "center_homepage_url": "http://pataka.dhamma.org",
  "is_active": true,
  "is_under_development": false,
  "flag_class": "flag-za",
  "scraped_at": "2026-05-31T15:00:00.000Z"
}

Notes

• ~400 locations — includes both established meditation centers (center) and itinerant non-center locations (noncenter) where courses are held periodically.
• Coordinates — lat/lng sourced from the dhamma.org interactive map page and merged by subdomain key. All locations have coordinates.
• is_active — true when a course schedule link is available on dhamma.org; false for locations without an active schedule (temporary closures, newly established sites, historical listings).