Pothi

Pothi (ਪੋਥੀ) is a free, offline first Gurbani app for daily practice: a digital Gutka, the complete Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji with arth, the daily Hukamnama, live kirtan from Sri Darbar Sahib, and a tap any word meaning popup. It is built as seva. No ads, no account, no tracking. Everything you read is bundled inside the app, so your Nitnem never depends on a signal. READ • Nitnem and 29 banis, and the complete Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, angs 1 to 1430 • Sri Dasam Granth, Vaaran and Kabit Savaiye Bhai Gurdas Ji, the four Bhai Nand Lal works and Sarabloh Granth, over 141,000 lines in all • Choose your own layers per line: Gurmukhi, roman and Devanagari transliteration, English translation, Punjabi arth and Hindi arth • Reading styles: line by line, larivaar, paragraph, and a gutka page view • Bishram pause marks, bold Gurmukhi, line numbers, your font and your size • Themes for every light: light, dark, AMOLED, sepia, high contrast and royal • Browse by ang, raag, author or composition, and jump to any ang UNDERSTAND • Tap any word to see its Punjabi meaning, offline, from the bundled Pothi Kosh dictionary of 84,733 entries • Keep tapping words inside a meaning to follow a word from word to word • Pothi Kosh has its own home: search, browse all 35 akhar, and see where a word appears in Gurbani, kirtan, quotes and sakhis LISTEN • The daily Hukamnama from Sri Darbar Sahib, with audio and its katha • Live kirtan from Sri Darbar Sahib, with a quality setting for mobile data • Pothi Radio: a catalogue of Gurbani stations KIRTAN • A library of 2,675 kirtan shabads matched to the bundled Gurbani • Browse the Amrit Keertan's own 113 subject headings, or by author and theme • Every shabad opens in its own granth, at the right line LEARN • Learn to read Gurmukhi step by step, with a beginner path and certificates • Pothi Punjabi, a game first course for children, 21 levels of lessons you can also print as practice sheets. Levels still awaiting review by qualified Gursikhs are clearly marked as such • 1,372 sakhis: the Ten Gurus, the Bhagats, Sikh women, martyrs and life lessons • 156 topics about Sikhi across 15 categories, written for children and families • 671 historical gurdwaras, browsable by Guru, by place and by the Five Takhts • Sikh reference: the Rehat Maryada in original words, the 52 Hukams, Ardas, a timeline and Sikh literature SEARCH AND SAVE • Fast offline search across Gurbani, the dictionary, kirtan, quotes, sakhis and the learning content, including first letter search • Bookmarks, resume where you left off, and your own collections • Save words, shabads, notes and lists, then export and restore a backup EVERY DAY • Tuk, Word and Quote of the day, and a Kirtan Shabad of the Day • Hukamnama and Nitnem reminders at times you choose • The Nanakshahi calendar with its observances • Gurmantra: a 108 bead mala and a simran timer, with a log SHARE • Make and share Gurbani posters and Hukamnama cards IN YOUR LANGUAGE • The whole app works in English, Punjabi and Hindi • Built for accessibility: large text, high contrast and screen readers FREE AND PRIVATE • Completely free, supported by donations, and support stays outside the app • No ads, no account, no tracking. Your bookmarks, notes and progress stay on your device Gurbani is sacred. Pothi renders verified text from credited sources and is offered with satkar as a reference and learning aid, not a replacement for santhya, sangat, or the guidance of knowledgeable Gursikhs, and not an authoritative saroop. Dictionary entries and course content still under review are labelled in the app. If you find a mistake, please write to us and we will look at it with care. Sources are credited inside the app under Sources and References. Translations, fonts and audio links belong to their respective sources. Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh.