Introduction & Objective: Chronic pain following the repair of inguinal hernia has been a topic of interest in the past few decades, probably due to its significant adverse impacts on the quality of life of the patients who undergo the procedure. In this study we assessed the site, severity and incidence of chronic pain following Lichtenstein tension free inguinal hernia repair and its association with preoperative duration of hernia, presence of preoperative groin pain, presence of inguinoscrotal hernia, type of hernia and several preoperative risk factors for inguinal hernia.