Booking a pandit online is not as simple as choosing a date and paying. This blog covers 9 things most platforms do not tell you upfront: what pandit verification actually involves, why samagri is often not included, how regional tradition mismatches cause mid-ritual problems, why you need your gotra ready, how muhurat differs from a time slot, the documented problem of fake puja websites, what dakshina is and why it catches people off guard, why not every pandit can perform every puja, and why the cheapest booking is rarely the most authentic.