Qué hay en Amritsar (Golden Temple), India, a lo largo del año

Concurrido — Winter break en India, vacaciones escolares en 5 de los mercados que lo llenan

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Dense winter fog (15 Dic – 31 Ene (normalmente))

Concurrido — Hola Mohalla at Anandpur Sahib, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Hola Mohalla at Anandpur Sahib

  25 Feb – 30 Mar · normalmenteFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  The Nihang Sikh gathering the day after Holi: gatka sword displays, horseback stunts and processions at Takht Kesgarh Sahib. Anandpur Sahib is about four hours east by road, so it is an overnight trip rather than a day out. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Hola Mohalla at Anandpur Sahib, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

En marzo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Hola Mohalla at Anandpur Sahib (25 Feb – 30 Mar (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Baisakhi, Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) en India

• Festival

  Baisakhi

  13–14 AbrFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  The wheat harvest and the founding of the Khalsa land on the same day, and Punjab converges on the Golden Temple for it. Kirtan runs through the night, the langar hall never stops, and the marble parikrama is packed well before dawn. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Summer vacation (north & east) en India

• Riesgo

  Pre-monsoon heat

  1 May – 25 Jun · normalmenteCalor extremo

  The plains bake and the temple marble is unwalkable barefoot by mid-morning, which is the only way you are permitted to walk it. Visitors go at first light or after dark and give up on the middle of the day. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Summer vacation (north & east) en India, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

En junio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Pre-monsoon heat (1 May – 25 Jun (normalmente))

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 5 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

• Festival

  Teeyan

  10 Jul – 25 Ago · normalmenteGran festival

  Punjab's monsoon festival for women, over roughly the first thirteen days of Sawan: swings in the trees, giddha dancing and bangle stalls, now mostly staged by colleges and women's groups in the city. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Independence Day at Attari-Wagah, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festivo

  Independence Day at Attari-Wagah

  15 AgoFiesta nacionalMucha gente

  The border's daily flag-lowering becomes a much bigger show on 15 August, with bhangra, gidda and BSF drill for a packed stand; arrive very early or expect to watch from the back. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Teeyan (10 Jul – 25 Ago (normalmente))

Concurrido — Langur Mela, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Langur Mela

  20 Sep – 25 Oct · normalmenteFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  For the ten days of autumn Navratri, children dressed as langurs in red and silver, with painted faces and tails, are brought to the Bada Hanuman temple beside Durgiana to fulfil their parents' vows. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Langur Mela, Bandi Chhor Divas

• Riesgo

  Stubble-burning smoke

  5 Oct – 25 Nov · normalmenteTemporada de humo

  Paddy stubble is burned off across the Majha districts in the fortnight between the rice harvest and the wheat sowing, and the smoke sits low over the city for weeks. It arrives with the best temperatures of the year, which is the trap. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Bandi Chhor Divas

  20 Oct – 15 Nov · normalmenteDiwaliMucha genteReserva pronto

  Sikhs mark Guru Hargobind's release from Gwalior on the same night as Diwali, and the Golden Temple is lit end to end with fireworks over the sarovar. Trains and hotels go days ahead and the queue for the sanctum runs for hours. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Langur Mela (20 Sep – 25 Oct (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Bandi Chhor Divas, Guru Nanak Gurpurab

• Festival

  Guru Nanak Gurpurab

  5–30 Nov · normalmenteFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  Guru Nanak's birth anniversary brings a nagar kirtan through the walled city and an unbroken recitation at the temple. The crowd is larger than at Baisakhi and the four-in-the-morning cold catches people out. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Stubble-burning smoke (5 Oct – 25 Nov (normalmente)), Bandi Chhor Divas (20 Oct – 15 Nov (normalmente))

Concurrido — Winter break en India, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Riesgo

  Dense winter fog

  15 Dic – 31 Ene · normalmenteTemporada de niebla

  Fog settles over the plains overnight and often holds past mid-morning. Trains from Delhi run hours late, flights divert, and the road out to Wagah slows to walking pace on the worst days. Fuente ↗