Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda visited Seattle in the 1980s, and a Chinmaya Mission presence has existed in the community ever since. Chinmaya Mission Seattle officially became an unincorporated center of Chinmaya Mission West (CMW) in October 2004, when weekly Bala Vihar and adult study groups were formalized and membership was introduced.
The organization was formally incorporated as a non-profit entity in 2025 to better facilitate its growing activities and community outreach programs. A major recent milestone for the Chinmaya Mission Seattle community is the acquisition of a property for their new ashram, named Chinmaya Dwaraka. While the classrooms and other facilities at our ashram are under development, our community currently gathers for all weekly programs, classes, and devotional activities at the Lake Washington Methodist Church in Kirkland. Our center operates under the guidance of Swamiji Ishwarananda, Senior Acharya at Chinmaya Mission LA.