A full Gurbani companion, built with satkar
POTHI opens around five daily surfaces — Today, Nitnem, Khajana, Learn, and My Pothi — with a respectful reader, offline search, live audio, poster-making, and family learning underneath. Here is everything the app includes.
Today ਅੱਜ
Your daily starting point — the vela, the date, and one tap into practice.
- Tuk of the day. A line of Gurbani to begin with.
- Daily Hukamnama. Straight from SGPC, who publish it first, so it is never a day behind. Text, audio, a share card, and the archive.
- Home screen widgets. Today's Hukamnama on the home screen, on iPhone and Android.
- Continue reading. Resume exactly where you left off.
- Word of the day. With its meaning and how often it appears in SGGS.
- Live kirtan & Radio. Sri Darbar Sahib, direct from SGPC.
- Editable quick actions. Pin any action from any tab for a personal feel.
Nitnem & Gutka ਨਿਤਨੇਮ
All the daily banis, bundled offline and grouped by the time of day.
- 82 readings. 29 Nitnem and Sundar Gutka banis, plus 53 more compositions, saloks and shabads — 67 in More banis alone.
- Grouped by vela. Amrit Vela, Rehras, Sohila and more.
- Auto-tick when done. Each bani is marked read when you finish the paath.
- Resume per bani. Each bani remembers your place.
- Gentle reminders. Amrit Vela, Rehras, Sohila — at times you choose.
- Offline. No signal needed for daily paath.
Khajana — the treasure ਖਜ਼ਾਨਾ
Six granths and the reference treasures around them.
- Six granths. SGGS, Dasam Granth, Sarabloh, Bhai Gurdas & Bhai Nand Lal.
- Read a granth right through. Sri Dasam Granth and Vaaran Bhai Gurdas Ji page by page, and jump to any panna by number.
- Raags & authors. 31 raags, 39 authors, with bios.
- Pothi Kosh. Tap any word for a Mahan Kosh arth — 74,000+ entries.
- Sakhis & quotes. 859 stories and 10,000 quotes.
- Sikh reference. Rehat Maryada, 52 Hukams, Ardas, timeline.
- Pothi Kirtan. 2,675 shabads from the Amrit Keertan pothi, browsable by subject, author, raag and tag, with the main tuk marked.
- POTHI Radio & Gurmantra. Three live gurdwara channels; mala, and a simran timer that can walk the four stages with minutes you set.
Six granths — read, search, and browse by section
Learn ਸਿੱਖੋ
From the first Punjabi word to reading Gurbani — framed gently, never gamified.
- Punjabi & Gurmukhi. 21 levels, 408 lessons, games and quizzes.
- Gurmukhi basics. 35 akhar, laga matra, pairin akhar, muharni.
- Read together. A calm parent-and-child reading mode.
- Learn about Sikhi. 96+ topics across 14 categories.
- Quizzes & sheets. Sakhi and Sikhi quizzes; printable practice.
- Certificates. Marking progress, not streaks.
My Pothi ਮੇਰੀ ਪੋਥੀ
Everything you save stays yours, on your device.
- Bookmarks. Long-press any line.
- Comment & save any tuk. Add a note to any tuk or word and save it.
- Saved library. Lines, shabads, words, quotes, Hukamnamas, posters.
- Collections & lists. Organise and annotate what matters.
- History. Retrace everything you have read.
- Backup & restore. Export and import — nothing leaves without you.
- Create poster. Turn the Hukamnama, a shabad, a tuk or a word into a poster: 17 frames, 17 themes, your own heading and gurdwara name.
- Pothi on Device. A guide to every page of the app, card by card, inside About Pothi.
The reader, search, poster maker, audio & themes
Respectful reader
Gurmukhi with Roman, Devanagari, English (Sant Singh Khalsa) and Punjabi arth (Prof. Sahib Singh). Line, Larivaar, Paragraph and Gutka modes. Tap any word for its Mahan Kosh arth, and turn on auto-scroll for hands-free paath.
Offline search
Full-text FTS across Gurbani, Kosh, kirtan, quotes, sakhis and learning — plus first-letter (akhar) search, fuzzy matching, history, and saved searches.
Poster & wallpaper maker
Turn the daily Hukamnama, any shabad, or any single tuk into a dignified, attributed poster or phone wallpaper — five themes, multiple sizes, ready to share. See examples →
Live audio
Live Sri Darbar Sahib kirtan, daily Hukamnama audio, and POTHI Radio — with a lock-screen mini player, all attributed to SGPC.
Themes & languages
Seven reading themes (Royal, Light, Dark, Midnight, Paper, high-contrast) and a fully trilingual interface — English, Punjabi, Hindi.
Free & private
No ads on scripture, no account, no third-party tracking. Bookmarks, notes, history and settings stay on your device by default.
Every feature, so nothing is missed
Scripture & granths
- Full Sri Guru Granth Sahib (Ang 1–1430), offline
- Sri Dasam Granth
- Sarabloh Granth
- Vaaran & Kabit Savaiye Bhai Gurdas Ji
- Bhai Nand Lal Ji baani (Ghazals, Zindagi Nama, Ganj Nama, Jot Bigas)
- 29 Nitnem & Sundar Gutka banis + 53 compositions = 82 readings
- Ardaas, Rehitname, Uggardanti
- Read / search / sections in every granth
Reader
- Gurmukhi (Unicode) per line
- Roman transliteration & Devanagari
- English translation (Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa)
- Punjabi arth (Prof. Sahib Singh)
- Tap any word → Mahan Kosh arth (Pothi Kosh, 74,000+)
- Line · Larivaar · Paragraph · Gutka page styles
- Bishram (pause-mark) highlighting
- Auto-scroll reading (hands-free paath)
- Text size, line spacing, bold, line numbers
Daily
- Tuk of the day
- Word of the day (+ count in SGGS)
- Daily Hukamnama — text + SGPC audio + archive
- Continue reading (resume anywhere)
- Nanakshahi calendar, date & vela greeting
- Editable quick actions — pin any action from any tab
- Auto-marks each Nitnem bani read when you finish it
- Opt-in reminders: Amrit Vela, Rehras, Sohila, Hukamnama, Word
Search
- Offline full-text search (FTS)
- Tabs: Gurbani · Kosh · Kirtan · Quotes · Sakhis · Learning
- First-letter (akhar) search, Gurmukhi + Roman
- Fuzzy / phonetic matching
- Ang jump
- Search history
- Save searches
- In-app Punjabi keyboard, three layouts, one button to open and close it
Save & personalise
- Bookmark any line (long-press)
- Comment on any tuk or word
- Save lines, shabads, words, quotes, Hukamnamas, posters
- Collections, notes & lists
- Reading history
- Backup & restore (export / import)
- 7 themes: Royal, Light, Dark, Midnight, Paper, high-contrast
- Gold artwork as drawn, or following your accent colour
- Tabs along the bottom or down the side on a wide screen
- Hold the app icon for the Hukamnama, live kirtan and your last readings
- Gurdwara mode, for a device that lives in the hall
- Trilingual interface: English, Punjabi, Hindi
Audio, sharing & learning
- Live Sri Darbar Sahib kirtan
- POTHI Radio — three live gurdwara channels
- Lock-screen mini player
- Poster & wallpaper maker — from the Hukamnama, any shabad or any tuk
- Sakhis (859) · Quotes (10,000)
- Punjabi–Gurmukhi–Gurbani course (21 levels)
- Gurmukhi basics · Read together · Learn about Sikhi
- Quizzes, printable sheets & certificates
- Gurmantra — mala counter, and a simran timer with the four stages
- Sleep timer with your own minutes
- Copy a poster as a picture, not just as text
- Projector: cast to a TV, a second screen or any browser on the Wi-Fi
- Quick slides — Mool Mantar, the Lavan, Anand Sahib, one tap to the wall
- Sikh reference: Rehat Maryada, 52 Hukams, Ardas, timeline
- Pothi Kirtan — 2,675 Amrit Keertan shabads, by subject, author & raag
The same Pothi on a desktop, free, and 48 things it does there
The same Gurbani and the same offline database, with what a keyboard, a mouse and a second screen make possible. Every one of these is written up with how to use it.
Reading
Turn pages with the keyboard · Search and jump to an Ang · Resize with the mouse wheel · Reading on a wide window…
Kirtan
Media keys and the volume card · Close to the tray, keep playing · Play from the taskbar · The mini player…
Quick ways in
One Pothi only · The taskbar jump list · The clock-side menu · Summon Pothi…
Saving, sharing and printing
Copy image · Save As everywhere · Print practice sheets · Automatic backup…
Hukamnama on your desktop
Set as wallpaper · The widgets panel · Print for the notice board
The darbar hall
The wall over HDMI · The mirror option
The gurdwara broadcast system
Captions on the livestream · A phone as the remote · Announcements · Ceremony slides, one tap…
Reminders
Windows notifications with a Play button · Gurpurab morning notes · The tuk in the Hukamnama toast
Getting Pothi on Windows
Install from the Microsoft Store · Bring your saves from the phone
Get Pothi from the Microsoft Store See all 48 features and how to use them →