Cookies & local storage

By default this site sets no tracking cookies at all. What it does use is your browser’s local storage, for features that only work if the site remembers something between visits.

Last updated 6 October 2026

Local storage is not a cookie. A cookie is sent to the server with every request; local storage stays in your browser and is never transmitted. Because this site has no application server, anything it remembers has to use local storage — which happens to be the more private mechanism of the two.

Everything below can be removed by clearing site data for this domain. The site remains fully usable afterwards; you simply lose saved festivals, checklist ticks and reminder preferences.

In the default configuration

Tracking and advertising cookies: none. The site is built with no advertising provider and no analytics provider configured, so there is nothing to set a cookie. This is the configuration the code ships in.

What is used instead, all in your own browser:

Local storage keys, listed in the table below.
A service-worker-free, statically served site — there is no session, no login cookie and no CSRF token, because there is nothing to authenticate.

Local storage keys we use

Local storage keys used by TyoharHub, their purpose and lifetime
Key	Type	Purpose	Lifetime
th.interactions.v1	localStorage	Anonymous counts of which pages and trending items you opened, used only to reorder the trending list on your own device.	Until you clear site data
th.favourites.v1	localStorage	The festival slugs you saved with the save button, so they are still saved next visit.	Until you clear site data
th.recent.v1	localStorage	A short list of the festivals you most recently viewed, shown as a return shortcut.	Until you clear site data
th.reminders.v1	localStorage	The reminder preferences you set, used to show a nudge on this device. No notification is sent to us.	Until you clear site data
th.checklist.*	localStorage	The tick state of a shopping or puja checklist, so your list survives closing the tab.	Until you clear site data
th.hashtags.v1	localStorage	Your last hashtag selection, so the same block is waiting when you come back.	Until you clear site data

When advertising or analytics is switched on

An operator can configure an advertising provider (Google AdSense) and a free analytics provider (Cloudflare Web Analytics, Umami, Plausible or Simple Analytics). The site ships with both off.

If advertising is switched on:

The advertising network may set its own cookies, including for frequency capping and, depending on its configuration, personalised advertising. That is governed by the network’s own policy, not this one.
Ad units on this site are always labelled “Advertisement”, are capped at four per page, and never overlay content, auto-redirect or ask you to click.

If the supported analytics providers are switched on:

They are selected precisely because they are cookieless and do not build cross-site profiles or fingerprint visitors.
Events are anonymous and aggregated — nothing you type into a tool is ever included.

Controlling it yourself

Clear site data in your browser settings to remove every local storage key above.
Use a content blocker. The site works completely with advertising and analytics blocked; no content is gated behind either.
Use private browsing. Local storage is discarded when the window closes, so nothing persists.
Disable JavaScript. Every festival page, calendar entry, wishes page and policy page renders as static HTML without it. Only the interactive tools need it, and they degrade to an explanation rather than a broken page.

Key

Type

Purpose

Lifetime

th.interactions.v1

localStorage

Anonymous counts of which pages and trending items you opened, used only to reorder the trending list on your own device.

Until you clear site data

th.favourites.v1

localStorage

The festival slugs you saved with the save button, so they are still saved next visit.

Until you clear site data

th.recent.v1

localStorage

A short list of the festivals you most recently viewed, shown as a return shortcut.

Until you clear site data

th.reminders.v1

localStorage

The reminder preferences you set, used to show a nudge on this device. No notification is sent to us.

Until you clear site data

th.checklist.*

localStorage

The tick state of a shopping or puja checklist, so your list survives closing the tab.

Until you clear site data

th.hashtags.v1

localStorage

Your last hashtag selection, so the same block is waiting when you come back.

Until you clear site data

In the default configuration

Local storage keys we use

When advertising or analytics is switched on

Controlling it yourself

Related policies

In the default configuration

Local storage keys we use

When advertising or analytics is switched on

Controlling it yourself

Related policies