Appearances:

Street Fghter II-The World Warrior, Street Fighter II-Champion Edition, Street Fighter II-Turbo Hyper Fighting, Super Street Fighter II-New Challengers, Super Street Fighter II Turbo-Grand Masters Challenge, Street Fighter Alpha 2, Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha, X-Men vs. Street Fighter, Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter, and in two backgrounds of Gem Fighter: one in the Chinese restaurant, eating a bowl of "ramen" (noodle soup) on the roof, and in the beach stage, cleaning the side of an elephant with his long limbs. Also look for him in the Street Figher anime and Street Fighter II V anime series.

Dhalsim is only one of the few who can presume himself to be a Yoga master. He has dedicated his entire life, in mind, body, and soul, to the perfection of his skills and to seek the perfect union between his powers. Having to live in solitude for many years, and meditating for long periods of time, restricting himself to a strict diet, Dhalsim has managed to go far beyond his own limits and become a sort of entity.

Dhalsim has seen and lived the poor life of his fellow Indian people. Everybody is hungry, everybody seeks a way to get out of the misery in which they live, either following the ways of good or the ways of evil. Dhalsim knows his meditation and prayers alone won't take his people anywhere, and also living with his wife Sally and his son, Dhalsim hates to admit that fighting is the only way to get enough economic support for his people, and bring peace and tranquility to his people.

Dhalsim's meditation and union between his mind, body, and soul, have allowed him to carry abilities which many can't explain, such as spewing fires from his mouth, stretching his limbs to unimaginable proportions, and sending his body through a vortex of space and time, and instantly reappearing in another place. Dhalsim, however, feels that he still hasn't achieved the status of a Yoga master, as he still senses evil both on the outside as in the inside. As he tries to seek the exclusion of his evil, Dhalsim seeks his purification by cleansing the world of it's evil, and by helping his people, his consciesness will become clean of all impurifications.