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Menstruation is a typical physiological event in women that shows her procreative potential. Dysmenorrhea is the most prevalent menstrual condition, affecting 50% of women of childbearing age, and 10% of these women feel incapacitating pain for 1-3 days each month. Dysmenorrhea is a prominent factor in the absence from school, restriction of daily living activities, and lack of social engagement in 60-90% of adolescent girls in India. An experimental study using randomized control trial design was done. The sample size for the study was 60 women. The study findings revealed that most of the women in were having moderate dysmenorrhea. It has been seen that the mean post pain level as evident by numeric pain rating scale in experimental group (2.13) was higher than mean pre pain level as evident by numeric pain rating scale (6.03). The obtained t value 20.55 was significant at 0.01 levels. This shows that mean difference between pre-administration and post administration of heat application was true and topical heat application was effective in pain reduction in experimental group.