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Accessibility

Last updated: 15 August 2026

What we are aiming for

This website is built to meet WCAG 2.2 Level AA. That is the target, and most of it has been met and tested. We are not claiming certification, and we are not saying the site is perfect — no honest website can say that, and a claim of full compliance is meaningless without an independent audit.

What has been done

• Every page can be operated from the keyboard alone, and every focused element shows a clear outline.
• A "Skip to main content" link is the first thing the keyboard reaches on each page.
• Dialogs — the ceremony details, the assistant and the cookie chooser — move focus in, keep it inside while open, close on Escape, and return focus to where you were.
• Text and controls meet the AA contrast ratio; nothing depends on colour alone to be understood.
• Links inside sentences are underlined, not just coloured.
• Touch targets are at least 24×24 pixels, in line with WCAG 2.2.
• Pages reflow to 320 pixels without horizontal scrolling, and text can be enlarged to 200%.
• Headings run in order, images carry meaningful alternative text, and form fields have real labels rather than placeholder text standing in for one.
• Animation is reduced automatically if your system asks for reduced motion.
• Sanskrit, Tamil and Devanagari passages are marked with the correct language so a screen reader pronounces them properly rather than reading them as English.
• Automated testing with axe-core runs across all 99 pages at phone and desktop widths, and is currently clean. Keyboard operation has also been walked through by hand — automated tools alone are not evidence of accessibility, and we do not treat them as such.

Known limitations

• The scheduling step is provided by Cal.com and is outside our control. If you have difficulty with it, please call or WhatsApp instead — that route is always available and is never worse than the form.
• The optional in-browser AI assistant has not been tested with assistive technology as thoroughly as the rest of the site. Everything it can tell you is also written out in the pages themselves.
• The site has not had an independent accessibility audit or user testing with people who use assistive technology. That would be the next step.

If something does not work for you

Please tell us — it will be fixed. Include the page, what you were trying to do and what happened, and what you use to browse if you are comfortable saying.

• Email: gurukkalkumar@gmail.com
• Phone or WhatsApp: (240) 602-7327 · (510) 556-3434

We aim to reply within five working days. If any part of this website is difficult for you to use, you never have to use it. Ring Gurukkal and he will arrange everything with you directly — that has always been the main way families reach him.

This statement describes the current state of the site honestly. It is not a legal certification and has not been independently verified.