Durga Puja committee software — five days, a year of accounts
Chanda, pandal, bhog, bisorjon — one ledger holds it all.
A Durga Puja committee runs what is effectively a small enterprise: lakhs in chanda and sponsorships, a pandal that takes weeks to build, five days of bhog for hundreds, cultural evenings, and bisorjon — all managed by volunteers whose real jobs resume on Monday.
The para judges the committee twice: on the pandal, and on the accounts. Software cannot build the pandal.
What goes wrong today
Chanda across a whole para
Hundreds of households plus shops and sponsors, collected by rotating teams over weeks — the receipt-book model buckles at this scale.
Big-ticket vendor chaos
Pandal decorator, idol artisan, lighting, sound, priest, bhog supplies — advances and settlements crisscross the five days.
Sponsorship promises vs receipts
The banner is printed against promised amounts; collected amounts differ. Reconciling the two after bijoya is thankless.
The accounts meeting after bisorjon
The committee that just delivered five flawless days faces its hardest evening — presenting accounts assembled from slips.
What good looks like
Chanda at para scale
Multiple collectors record simultaneously into one live book, with receipts issued instantly and per-collector cash tracked.
Vendor payments with paper trails
Advances and settlements logged as they happen, bills photographed — the decorator's account is reconstructible in seconds.
Promises tracked to collection
Sponsorships recorded when committed (note) and when collected (entry) — the banner list and the ledger finally agree.
Accounts that present themselves
The public ledger is the accounts meeting: every entry, every bill, the closing balance — open all festival long.
Where Zenia fits
Frequently asked questions
Our puja collects several lakhs — is the app enough?
The recording rail scales fine: unlimited entries, per-collector tracking, complete trails. For statutory needs (12A/80G trusts, audits), Zenia's clean chronological record is exactly what your accountant wants as input.
Can we track bhog donations separately from chanda?
Yes — either as separate events (Chanda, Bhog fund) or with clear notes per entry. Separate events give each its own balance and ledger view.
How do rotating collection teams stay coordinated?
The live grid shows every household's status regardless of who collected, so teams never overlap doors — and each member's cash-in-hand is individually visible for handover.
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