About Us

Lucknow Oriya Samaj came into being in the year 1993 as an outcome of initiatives taken by a group of highly motivated members of the Odia community of Lucknow to launch a platform which could enable the Odia speaking people of the city to remain rooted to their culture, language and traditions. Much water has flown down the Gomti as the organization has grown from strength to strength covering many eventful years of its successful existence.

The organization now consists of more than 200 members. Cultural and social events of various kind mark the prime activities of the organization, the celebration of Utkal Diwas (Odisha Day), Kartik Purnima , Ganesh Puja and Sarasawti Puja every year being the foremost among them. Competitions such as quiz, music, painting and elocution are organized annually. An Odia Food Festival has also been started in the year 2014. 'Nirmalya' is an annual publication of the organisation which is released on the 1st of April every year on the occasion of Odisha Day.  

The organization also discharges its social responsibilities by rising to the occasion during natural calamities, by undertaking relief and rehabilitation measures of various kind. Subsequent to the super cyclone which caused mass devastation in the state of Odisha in 1999, Lucknow Oriya Samaj mobilized resources for relief and rehabilitation worth more than Rs. 2 crores, and constructed 39 primary and high school buildings in the cyclone hit area which now also serve as shelter houses in natural calamities. The organisation donated funds for relief operations for the flood-victims in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Odisha at various points of time.

Membership of the organization is open to all belonging to the Odia community of Lucknow, as well as to all who are interested to remain connected with the Odia community of the city. Membership registrations may be done by providing the necessary information in the “Member Registration” tab available on this site.

Forthcoming Event

Saraswati Puja (Basant Panchami)
Will be celebrated by Lucknow Oriya Samaj as follows.

Date: 22nd January, 2018 (Monday)

Time: 7:00 PM (Evening)

Venue:
Ekta Sadan, Prag Japling Road, Lucknow.

Programme:
Puja and Pushpanjali,
Bhajan Sandhya
Community Dinner

The cover of our annual souvenir 'Nirmalya' which was inaugurated on 1st April 2015.

We appeal all members, well wishers and devotees to join hands to build a temple of Lord Jagannath in Lucknow. We are now in search of a suitable piece of land for the proposed temple.

You may please pledge your contribution for the noble cause by sending a mail to: mail@lucknoworiyasamaj.com

Our Events

Kartik Purnima "Boita Bandana"
Celebrated on 04th November 2017 at Jhulelal Park (Gomti River Bank) Near Hanuman Setu, Lucknow

Enthralling Dance Drama “Odia Paika”
Celebrated on 08th October 2017 at Sant Gadge Auditorium, Sangeet Natak Academy, Lucknow.

Ganesh Puja 2017
Celebrated on 25th  August 2017 at Ekta Sadan, Jopling Road, Lucknow.

Odisha Day 2017
Celebrated on 1st April 2017 at Sant Gadge Auditorium, SNA, Lucknow. 

Saraswati Puja 2017
Celebrated on 1st February 2017
at Ekta Sadan, Jopling Road, Lucknow.

Ganesh Puja - 2016
Celebrated on 5th September 2016
at Ekta Sadan, Jopling Road, Lucknow.

Humanism and Changing Values" - A Talk by Padma Shri Dr. Srinivas Udgata
Held on 22nd August 2016,
at Tagore Library Auditorium, Lucknow University, Lucknow

Odisha Day 2016
Celebrated on 1st April 2016
at Sant Gadge Auditorium,
Sangeet Natak Academy, Lucknow.

Saraswati Puja - 2016
Celebrated on 12th February 2016 at Ekta Sadan, Jopling Road, Lucknow.

Kartik Purnima - 2015
Celebrated on 25th November 2015 at the ghat of Gomti river near Jhulelal Park, Lucknow

Ganesh Puja - 2015
Celebrated on 17th September 2015
at Ekta Sadan, Jopling Road, Lucknow.

Odisha Day - 2015
Celebrated on 1st April 2015 at Sant Gadge Auditorium, Sangeet Natak Academy, Lucknow.

Odia Food Festival - 2015
Organised on 1st April 2015 on the lawns of Sant Gadge Auditorium, Lucknow

Saraswati Puja - 2015
Celebrated on 24th January 2015 at Ekta Sadan, Jopling Road, Lucknow.

Pranab Patnaik Nite & Chhadakhai  
Held on 7th November 2014, at Boudh Sansthan, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow 

Kartik Purnima - 2014
Celebrated on 6th November 2014 at the ghat of Gomti river near Jhulelal Park, Lucknow

Ganesh Puja - 2014
Celebrated on 29th August 2014
at Ekta Sadan, Jopling Road, Lucknow.

Odisha Day - 2014
Celebrated on 1st April 2014 at Sant Gadge Auditorium, Sangeet Natak Academy, Lucknow.

Odia Food Festival - 2014
Organised on 1st April 2014 at Sant Gadge Auditorium, Sangeet Natak Academy, Lucknow.

Annual Competitions - 2014
Held on 23th March 2014
at Lucknow University Guest House.

Saraswati Puja - 2014
Celebrated on 4th February 2014 at Ekta Sadan, Jopling Road, Lucknow.

Kartik Purnima - 2013
Celebrated on 17th November 2013 on the banks of Gomti river, near Lucknow University.

Ganesh Puja - 2013
Celebrated on 9th September 2013
at Ekta Sadan, Jopling Road, Lucknow.

Odisha Day -2013
Celebrated on 1st April 2013
at Sant Gadge Auditorium,
Sangeet Natak Academy, Lucknow

Annual Competitions - 2013
Held on 24th March 2013
at HAL Welfare Centre, Lucknow

Saraswati Puja - 2013
Celebrated on 15th February 2013
at Ekta sadan, Jopling Road, Lucknow

A Talk by Eminent Writer Manoj Das
Organised 24th October 2011
at Paryatan Bhawan, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow