Prayash Matrimony hopes to cater to the large number of odias living worldwide. Often it is difficult to find your perfect match who may be living in some other geographical location. In order to meet the perfect match, the prospect may have to wait for years. In the process the dreams of the bride- to-be or groom-to-be is shattered.

Prayash Matrimony is an attempt to fulfil the wishes of the prospects in finding their right match in a transparent manner without exploiting the marriage market. It is a unit of Prayash Unnayan Sanstha.

Prayash Unnayan Sanstha was started in 1998 by a group of social service enthusiasts like Dr Prabeer Mohanty, Raja Kishore Bastia, Krushna Chandra Nayak, Purnima Pradhan from Nimapada. Prasanna Dash, Susama Matta, Bhagyashree Wattal from Mumbai. Later supported by Dr Prashant Mahapatra, Jogesh Chandra Patel, Rama Chandra Kar, Dusmant Panda, Kishore Bhanja, Pitambar Sutar, Rabindra Nath Dash, Nirjharini Nayak, S B Ray, Prasanna Dash from Bhubaneswar.

From 2012, it has started Free Coaching for job seekers and the Marriage Bureau. It also provides a forum for public speaking under the banner “Mann Ki Baat” in Baramunda, Bhubaneswar.