About

Gutka Sahib

A calm, respectful Sikh prayer companion. Read and listen to Chaupai Sahib in Punjabi, Hindi and English with bookmarks, daily streak, real Gurdwara photographs, and a 365-day Kids learning programme.

🪷 A not-for-profit seva

Gutka Sahib is built and offered as a not-for-profit project. Any banner ad revenue is used only to cover hosting and domain costs so the app stays free, ad-free inside the paath, and accessible to every sangat member around the world. No profits are taken from this app.

Roadmap

More Banis — Japji Sahib, Jaap Sahib, Anand Sahib, Rehras Sahib, Sohila Sahib and Sukhmani Sahib — are planned for upcoming versions, along with more Kids chapters.

No accounts. Gutka Sahib does not require sign-up. We do not collect names, emails or phone numbers.

Local-only data. Bookmarks, settings, streak, Kids points and reminder times are stored in your browser's local storage on your device. They never leave your phone.

Location. When you tap "Find Gurdwaras near me", the browser asks for your location and we send only the coordinates to OpenStreetMap (Overpass API) to look up nearby Gurdwaras. The location is not stored.

Notifications. If you enable daily reminders, the browser shows a local notification at your chosen time. No server is involved.

Images. Wallpapers and Gurdwara photographs are loaded from Wikimedia Commons (publicly licensed). Audio for Chaupai Sahib is bundled inside the app for offline use.

Analytics. No analytics or tracking pixels are used.

Advertising. A small banner above the bottom navigation may show ads served by Google AdSense. AdSense and its partners may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits. You can choose personalised or non-personalised ads from the consent banner shown on first launch. Ads are never shown inside the Chaupai Sahib reader.

Children. The Kids section is designed to be safe and ad-free. No personal data is collected from children.

Your control. Clearing your browser's site data will remove all locally stored progress and settings.

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