In 1995, A group of Indian Hindu Houston community leaders came up with a vision of a temple cum community center, mainly supported by the devotees, with roots in Bengal. Goal was to serve the greater Hindu and Indian community. With enthusiastic support, in 1996, the Bengali community successfully hosted the North American Bengali Conference. Houston Bengalis became confident that they could mobilize, raise funds and build the temple of their dream.
What followed over the next four years was constant fund-raising, making pitches, developing plans and progressing towards the dream. Finally, the land was bought in August of 1997. Once enough funds were raised, in 1999, Bhith Puja was performed and temple construction started. The temple of our dreams, the abode of Maa Durga, was opened in September 2000 and appropriately, the very first Durga Puja was performed starting 30th September 2000.
From those humble beginnings, Durga Bari has evolved into the premier temple and community center in Houston, serving a multitude of people. Volunteers, trustees and executive boards have contributed significant amount of money and volunteer hours to nurture our temple of our dreams.
The Houston Durga Bari Society is dedicated to providing a safe and spiritual haven for all members of our community. This section contains information about the Houston Durga Bari Society, which includes Durgabari’s history and background, its governing board and trustees, its working committees, and other entities. Click through each item in the drop-down list to view that section in more detail.
The Executive Board section contains the names of all of the current elected members. The term of the board is two years. The current term started on January 1st of 2021 and will end on December 31st, 2022. Here is a list of the Presidents of the past HDBS Executive Boards, over the last twenty years, in reverse chronological order.
2019-2020 Diptabhas Sarkar 2017-2018 Anindya Chakrabarti 2015-2016 Soovo Sen 2013-2014 Surajit Dasgupta/Mila Sengupta 2011-2012 Santosh Mukerji 2009-2010 Partha Sarathi Chatterjee 2007-2008 Gopendu Chakrabarti 2005-2006 Ganesh Mandal 2003-2004 Subir Kumar Saha 2001-2002 Satya Ranjan Chatterjee
The Council of Trustees section includes both patrons and six elected members from the general body. The term of the patrons is permanent while the term of the elected members is four years.
The Committees section contains the names of the chair of each working committee chosen by the board. The term of the working committee ends with the term of the current Executive Board.
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