Housing Sangha Udayan

Housing Sangha Udayan – A Residential-Society Durga Puja

Housing Sangha Udayan is a Durga Puja committee in Kolkata that, as its name suggests, grew out of a housing society and resident welfare collective (sangha) rather than a street-level para club. Across Kolkata, many apartment complexes and cooperative housing estates organise their own Sarbojanin Durga Puja — a form of community worship well documented among the city’s “housing” and “complex” pujas, distinct from the older lane-based barowari celebrations.

Publicly indexed detail on Housing Sangha Udayan — including its founding year, past themes, and award history — is limited, and the committee does not appear to maintain a widely indexed official website. This is not unusual for residential-society pujas, whose participation is drawn from the estate’s own residents and whose records are kept locally.

The housing-society model has become an important strand of Kolkata’s Durga Puja. It adapts the barowari ideal — worship open to all — to the geography of modern apartment living, with committees managing the idol, pandal, lighting, and cultural programmes within or beside the residential complex. Such pujas often emphasise community bonding among neighbours and may run alongside building-level festivities.

As the archive of Kolkata’s Durga Pujas expands, committees like Housing Sangha Udayan are worth recording so that the festival’s contemporary, residential dimension is not overlooked in favour of only the largest pandals. The most complete picture of the committee’s annual celebration is best gathered during the festive week on the ground.

• Type: Residential-society (housing) Sarbojanin Durga Puja
• Public records: Limited; listed as part of the Durga Puja pandal archive
• Context: Part of Kolkata’s housing/complex puja tradition