For the committee · 7 slides, 2 minutes
01 / 07The change
Vargani has moved to UPI. The हिशोब hasn’t.
Devotees pay on different phones, collectors still carry cash and a paper pavati book, and the accounts are written up days after visarjan. utsavmandal puts the pavati book, the expense register and the cash tally on every committee phone — free.
02 / 07What the old way costs
The paper book costs more than it looks
A pavati book goes missing
and with it, who gave what. Nobody can print it again.
Cash stays with collectors
for days after visarjan, and nobody is quite sure how much.
“Where did the money go?”
gets asked at the annual meeting, and the answer is a bag of bills.
Mandals that collect vargani are also expected to keep numbered receipts, a bill for every expense and audited accounts for the Charity Commissioner. Keeping them from the first day is far easier than rebuilding them later.
03 / 07What good looks like
The हिशोब is ready the day after visarjan
The treasurer sees the whole picture on any day, without calling anyone.
- Every rupee has a numbered pavati
- Every expense has its bill
- The balance, and the cash with each collector, at a glance
04 / 07The tools
Four tools, on the phones you already have
Pavati book
Name, amount, cash or UPI — tap Issue. A numbered pavati is made, and the thank-you goes out on WhatsApp.
Sample Mitra Mandal
Pavati
No. NMM-2026-0042 · 15 Sep 2026
- Received from
- Sunita Patil
- Amount
- ₹1,101
- One thousand one hundred one rupees only
- Paid by
- UPI
- Collected by
- Rahul
Accounts (हिशोब)
Collected, spent, balance and the cash still with collectors. A bill photo with every expense, and Excel for your auditor.
Accounts · this festival
- Collected
- ₹1,86,500
- 214 receipts
- Spent
- ₹92,300
- 37 expenses
- Balance
- ₹94,200
- Collected minus spent
- Cash with collectors
- ₹12,400
- Not handed over yet
Committee roles
Owner, treasurer, editor, collector — each person gets only what their job needs.
Your committee
- AnilOwner
- MeenaTreasurer
- PoojaEditor
- RahulCollectorown receipts only
Who is visiting
How many people opened your page, and where they came from: WhatsApp, the QR poster at the pandal, Instagram or Google.
Where visitors came from
1,240 visits this festival
- WhatsApp62%
- QR poster at the pandal18%
- Instagram11%
- Google9%
05 / 07How it works
Ready in ten minutes, before the next aarti
Add your mandal
Name and city. Your public page comes with it.
About a minute
Add your treasurer and collectors
Each signs in once; then you add them by email, each with the right role.
A few minutes
Issue the first pavati
Name, amount, cash or UPI, and Issue. The thank-you goes out on WhatsApp.
Under a minute
06 / 07Trust
Built so nobody has to take anyone’s word for it
No commission, ever
Devotees pay straight into your mandal’s own UPI. utsavmandal never receives, holds or takes a cut of the money.
Nothing is ever deleted
A wrong pavati or expense is cancelled with a reason and stays in the book. Expenses lock after 24 hours.
Each person sees their part
Collectors see only their own receipts. The treasurer and owner see everything.
Public only if you choose
Show devotees where the money went — totals and categories only, never a donor’s name.
Free
The pavati book, accounts, team and Excel export cost nothing. You pay only to claim your mandal’s name as its web address.
07 / 07Questions
Questions committees ask
Do you take a cut of our vargani?
No. Devotees pay straight into your mandal’s own UPI IDs — up to ten organisers’ — and utsavmandal never touches the money. The tools are free.
What if a collector writes a pavati wrong?
The treasurer cancels it with a reason. It stays in the book marked cancelled; nothing is ever deleted.
Does it file our accounts with the Charity Commissioner?
No. It keeps numbered receipts and a bill for every expense, and gives you Excel for your auditor. The audited statement and the filing stay with your committee.
Do we have to install an app?
No. It opens in the phone’s browser. The dashboard is in English; your page, pavatis and thank-you messages can be in Marathi or Hindi.
Start with one pavati today
Add your mandal, add your treasurer, and issue the first receipt before tonight’s aarti.