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Tætpakket — rejsende beskriver det som højsæson, Pongal

• Natur

  Olive ridley nesting

  1. jan. – 31. mar. · normaltSkildpaddeyngel

  Olive ridleys come ashore on the beaches north and south of town through the first months of the year. Volunteers walk the sand before dawn and move the clutches to fenced hatcheries. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  International Yoga Festival

  4.–7. jan.Stor festivalBook tidligt

  Four days of asana, philosophy and music on the seafront and at the Ashram grounds every January since 1992. It lands in the best weather of the year, and the French Quarter guesthouses go early for it. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Pongal

  14.–17. jan.HøstLukninger

  The Tamil harvest festival is four days of closed shops, kolam on every doorstep and sugarcane stacked outside the temples. Buses to Chennai and Villupuram are packed either side of it. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Christmas to New Year rush (22. dec. – 2. jan. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Masi Magam, Auroville anniversary

• Festival

  Masi Magam

  20. feb. – 20. mar. · normaltReligiøs højtidTætpakket

  Deities from temples across the district are carried down to the sea for a ritual bath on the Magam star of the Tamil month of Masi, and the beach road fills from before dawn. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Auroville anniversary

  27. feb. – 1. mar.Stor festivalTætpakketBook tidligt

  Auroville marks its founding on 28 February with a dawn gathering at the amphitheatre and the urn. Guest houses out that way and in the French Quarter fill for the week around it. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Olive ridley nesting (1. jan. – 31. mar. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Masi Magam, Auroville anniversary

Intet nyt begynder i marts.

Stadig i gang: Olive ridley nesting (1. jan. – 31. mar. (normalt)), Masi Magam (20. feb. – 20. mar. (normalt)), Auroville anniversary (27. feb. – 1. mar.)

Travlt — Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) i India, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Sæson

  Coastal summer

  1. apr. – 15. jun. · normaltEkstrem varme

  The hottest and stickiest stretch on this coast, with the sea breeze the only relief and afternoons written off. Prices drop accordingly and the promenade only works after six.

Tætpakket — Villianur Temple Car Festival, Summer vacation (north & east) i India

• Festival

  Villianur Temple Car Festival

  15. maj – 5. jun. · normaltReligiøs højtidTætpakket

  A ten-day car festival at the Thirukameswarar temple in Villianur, just outside the city; on the ninth day thousands pull a 15-metre wooden chariot through the streets. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Coastal summer (1. apr. – 15. jun. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Villianur Temple Car Festival, Summer vacation (north & east) i India

Intet nyt begynder i juni.

Stadig i gang: Coastal summer (1. apr. – 15. jun. (normalt)), Villianur Temple Car Festival (15. maj – 5. jun. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

• Festival

  Bastille Day

  14. jul.National helligdag

  The French connection is still official here: veterans in kepis, a march past the war memorial on Goubert Avenue, and the tricolour flown alongside the Indian flag on 14 July. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — rejsende beskriver det som højsæson, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i august.

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Tætpakket — Diwali, Autumn break (Dussehra / Diwali) i India

• Sæson

  Northeast monsoon

  15. okt. – 31. dec. · normaltRisiko

  This coast takes its rain when the rest of India has finished with it. Storms come off the Bay of Bengal in long spells, the promenade floods, and the sea wall gets its annual test.

• Risiko

  Bay of Bengal cyclone season

  15. okt. – 15. dec. · normaltLukninger

  The Coromandel coast is on the receiving end of the post-monsoon cyclone season, and a landfall anywhere near closes the beach road and the buses for a couple of days. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Diwali

  18. okt. – 15. nov. · normaltTætpakketLukninger

  Tamil Nadu keeps Diwali to a dawn start: oil bath, new clothes, and firecrackers from four in the morning. Shops shut for a day or two and Chennai empties onto this coast for the long weekend. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Diwali

Intet nyt begynder i november.

Stadig i gang: Northeast monsoon (15. okt. – 31. dec. (normalt)), Bay of Bengal cyclone season (15. okt. – 15. dec. (normalt)), Diwali (18. okt. – 15. nov. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Christmas to New Year rush, Winter break i India

• Helligdag

  Christmas to New Year rush

  22. dec. – 2. jan. · normaltJul & nytårTætpakketBook tidligt

  The week from Christmas to New Year is India's busiest holiday stretch: schools and many offices break, domestic travellers pour into hill stations, heritage towns and resorts, and hotels charge peak rates, often with a New Year's Eve dinner surcharge. Book early. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Northeast monsoon (15. okt. – 31. dec. (normalt)), Bay of Bengal cyclone season (15. okt. – 15. dec. (normalt))