Was ist los in Pune (Poona), Indien – übers Jahr

Hochbetrieb – Pune International Film Festival, Winter break in Indien

• Festival

  Pune International Film Festival

  10.–25. Jan. · meistVoll

  A week of world and Marathi cinema in mid-January, screened across several multiplexes, with on-the-spot delegate registration. Shows for the big titles sell out, so register early and book seats the day before. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – Shiv Jayanti, Holi

• Festival

  Shiv Jayanti

  19. Feb.Großes FestivalVollSchließungen

  The birth anniversary of Shivaji is a Maharashtra state holiday, and Pune holds a large procession from Lal Mahal with chariots, dhol-tasha troupes and martial-arts displays. Laxmi Road and the old-city roads close to traffic for the day. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Holi

  25. Feb. – 25. März · meistReligiöses FestVollSchließungen

  Holi, the spring festival of colours, is a public holiday across north India. On the main morning people fill the streets throwing coloured powder and water, visitors included, and many shops and restaurants stay shut until the afternoon. Wear old clothes, protect eyes and cameras, and expect some rowdy crowds. Quelle ↗

Viel los – Holi, Schulferien in 2 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

Im März beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Holi (25. Feb. – 25. März (meist))

Viel los – Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) in Indien, Schulferien in 2 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

• Risiko

  Deccan pre-monsoon heat

  1. Apr. – 31. Mai · meistExtreme Hitze

  The city that sells itself as the cool alternative to Mumbai stops being one for two months. Anything social moves to after dark and the hill forts west of town become a dawn-only proposition. Quelle ↗

Viel los – Summer vacation (north & east) in Indien

Im Mai beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Deccan pre-monsoon heat (1. Apr. – 31. Mai (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Palkhi processions, Waterfalls in the ghats

• Festival

  Palkhi processions

  15. Juni – 20. Juli · meistReligiöses FestVollSchließungen

  The palanquins of Dnyaneshwar and Tukaram leave Alandi and Dehu and come through the city on the walk to Pandharpur, with hundreds of thousands behind them. Roads on the route shut for a day and the city turns out to feed them. Quelle ↗

• Saison

  Waterfalls in the ghats

  20. Juni – 15. Sep. · meistHochwasserVoll

  Every fall in the ghats west of the city runs, and the weekend traffic out to Lonavala and the fort trails is unbearable because of it. Best walking of the year and the most slippery, in the same weeks.

Hochbetrieb – Palkhi processions, Waterfalls in the ghats

Im Juli beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Palkhi processions (15. Juni – 20. Juli (meist)), Waterfalls in the ghats (20. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Waterfalls in the ghats, Ganesh Chaturthi

• Festival

  Ganesh Chaturthi

  20. Aug. – 20. Sep. · meistReligiöses FestVollSchließungen

  Pune's is the public version the rest of the country copied: ten days of mandals, a queue at Dagdusheth that runs for hours, and an immersion procession through the old city that takes more than a day to pass. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Waterfalls in the ghats (20. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Waterfalls in the ghats, Ganesh Chaturthi

• Festival

  Navratri at Chaturshringi

  11.–20. Okt.Religiöses FestVoll

  The nine nights of Navratri bring a fair to the foot of Chaturshringi temple on Senapati Bapat Road, with giant wheels, food stalls and long queues for darshan, ending in a silver chariot procession on Dussehra. Garba nights run across the city. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Waterfalls in the ghats (20. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)), Ganesh Chaturthi (20. Aug. – 20. Sep. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Navratri at Chaturshringi, Diwali

• Feiertag

  Diwali

  15. Okt. – 15. Nov. · meistVollSchließungen

  Five days of lamps, sweets and firecrackers, with Lakshmi Puja on 8 November in 2026. Tulshibaug and Laxmi Road markets are jammed in the run-up, many businesses close for a few days, and the fireworks smoke hangs over the city. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Navratri at Chaturshringi (11.–20. Okt.)

Viel los – Diwali

Im November beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Diwali (15. Okt. – 15. Nov. (meist))

Viel los – Winter break in Indien, Schulferien in 4 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

• Festival

  Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mahotsav

  5.–20. Dez. · meistMusikfestivalFrüh buchen

  The country's best-known classical music gathering has run here since 1953 and fills several nights in December, some of them until the small hours. Season passes sell out and the city treats it as its own. Quelle ↗