Kolkata-based spiritual and devotional providers platform Utsav has raised Rs 36 crore in a Sequence A funding spherical led by Atomic Capital.

Current traders India Quotient and Equanimity Investments additionally participated within the spherical.

Utsav plans to make use of the funding to increase its community of temple companions, strengthen its know-how and fulfilment operations, enhance personalisation and repair discovery, and develop its staff.

Based by Sourajit Basu, Ankita De and Prajata Samanta, the startup operates a digital platform that permits devotees to entry non secular providers provided by means of temples and monks.

Its providers embrace puja bookings, consultations with pujaris, prasad supply and personalised rituals.

Utsav can be searching for to increase its attain amongst Indians dwelling abroad, enabling devotees exterior the nation to rearrange rituals at temples in India and obtain consecrated choices.

Co-founder and CEO Sourajit Basu mentioned the startup had been based on the idea that distance mustn’t forestall folks from providing prayers that matter to them.

He mentioned the newest funding would permit Utsav to serve devotees at a bigger scale, “with belief, authenticity and the spirit of bhakti on the coronary heart of each expertise”.

Over the subsequent 12 to 24 months, it plans so as to add extra temple partnerships and devotional providers whereas investing additional in know-how, logistics and fulfilment.

Based on the startup its income had grown eightfold since its earlier funding spherical and that it now fulfils about 2.5 lakh orders a month.

In January 2025, Utsav introduced a Rs 6.35 crore pre-Sequence A funding spherical led by Equanimity Investments, with participation from India Quotient. It had earlier raised Rs 2 crore from India Quotient in June 2023.