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ABSTRACT Meditation helps an individual overcome these emotions to facilitate a calm peaceful mind and healthy and stress free body. Meditation promotes relaxation, develops self-concept, self-confidence, positive attitude and socialability and reduces stress as well as anxiety and depression. Purpose: The purpose of the present study intended to find out of Role of meditation on Stress Management of College girls. Methodology: Total sixty college girls (N=60) of Khejuri College, District Purba Medinipur, West Bengal were selected at randomly among five hundred (500) girls students as subjects for the present study. The age limit of the subjects was 18-21 years. All the subjects were divided into two equal groups such as Gr. WE and Gr. WC. Group WE was experimental group and Gr. WC served as control group. Stress Questionnaire designed by The International Stress Management Association (ISMAUK) and it was employed to all the subjects of Gr.WE and Gr. WC and thereafter specific meditation as a treatment was given to Gr. WE for three days in a week and continued three months and finally the subjects were retested on criterion measures. The data were analysed by paired t-test to find out the effects of the treatment. Results: The results of the present study showed that the stress was reduced but not shown significantly at .05 level of confidence among meditation practitioners group (Gr. WE) after three month treatment. Conclusion: Stress level of meditation practitioners group such as Gr. WE was reduced after three months treatment.