Qué hay en Bombay, India, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, Mumbai Marathon

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  Mumbai Marathon

  15–21 Ene · normalmenteEvento deportivoMucha genteCierres

  The third Sunday of January, and the one morning the seafront road and the causeways belong to people rather than traffic. Everything south of Worli is shut to cars until noon. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Wedding season (15 Nov – 15 Feb)

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, Kala Ghoda Arts Festival

• Festival

  Kala Ghoda Arts Festival

  1–15 Feb · normalmenteMucha gente

  Nine free days in the old fort district, starting the first Saturday of February: installations in the street, readings and a lot of very good food stalls. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Holi

  3–4 MarFiesta religiosaCierres

  The last big street festival before the hot season. Most of the city takes the day off and colour gets thrown in housing-society compounds rather than on the main roads. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Wedding season (15 Nov – 15 Feb)

Concurrido — entre los picos, Gudi Padwa (Marathi New Year)

• Festival

  Gudi Padwa (Marathi New Year)

  19 MarFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  Marathi Hindu new year marked with gudhi flags outside homes, rangoli, and citywide Shobha Yatra processions with dhol-tasha drumming and women in nauvari sarees. Falls in Chaitra, usually mid-to-late March. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Holi (3–4 Mar)

Tranquilo — el mes tranquilo según el editor, Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) en India

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Gudi Padwa (Marathi New Year) (19 Mar)

Tranquilo — el mes tranquilo según el editor, Summer vacation (north & east) en India

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

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

• Temporada

  Monsoon onset

  5–20 Jun · normalmenteRiesgo

  The normal arrival date over Mumbai is 11 June, and the whole city reorganises around it within a day. Watching the first burst come in off the Arabian Sea is a genuine event here. Fuente ↗

• Riesgo

  Flooding on the suburban lines

  15 Jun – 15 Sep · normalmenteTemporada de inundacionesCierres

  When the tide is high and the rain is heavy the tracks go under and the local trains stop, which strands the city rather than merely slowing it. Keep plans within walking distance on the worst days. Fuente ↗

Tranquilo — el mes tranquilo según el editor, vacaciones escolares en 5 de los mercados que lo llenan

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Flooding on the suburban lines (15 Jun – 15 Sep (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Narali Purnima (Coconut Day), Janmashtami and Dahi Handi

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  Narali Purnima (Coconut Day)

  28 AgoFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  Koli fishing communities in Worli, Versova and other coastal koliwadas offer coconuts to the sea to mark the end of the monsoon fishing ban, with decorated boats and processions on the Shravan full moon. Fuente ↗

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  Janmashtami and Dahi Handi

  12 Ago – 8 Sep · normalmenteFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  The morning after Krishna's birthday, govinda troupes go junction to junction building human pyramids to reach a clay pot of curd strung above the street. Traffic in the older suburbs works around them all day. Fuente ↗

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  Ganesh Chaturthi

  14–25 SepFiesta religiosaMucha genteCierres

  Ten days that belong to the neighbourhoods, ending with idols carried down to Girgaon Chowpatty and into the sea. The immersion days close roads across the city. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Flooding on the suburban lines (15 Jun – 15 Sep (normalmente))

Concurrido — entre los picos, Janmashtami and Dahi Handi

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  Bandra Fair

  13–20 SepFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  The week after 8 September the hill road up to the Mount Mary basilica in Bandra becomes a fair — stalls, wax offerings, hundreds of thousands of people, Catholic or otherwise. Bandra's traffic gives up for the duration. Fuente ↗

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  Navratri and Dussehra

  25 Sep – 25 Oct · normalmenteFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  Nine nights of garba in the grounds and society compounds of the northern suburbs, which is where the Gujarati half of the city keeps its calendar. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Flooding on the suburban lines (15 Jun – 15 Sep (normalmente)), Narali Purnima (Coconut Day) (28 Ago), Janmashtami and Dahi Handi (12 Ago – 8 Sep (normalmente)), Ganesh Chaturthi (14–25 Sep)

Concurrido — entre los picos, Navratri and Dussehra

• Festival

  Diwali

  8 NovMucha gente

  Lamps on every balcony and a week of visiting either side of the day itself. Flights and trains out of the city are booked solid, and the air after the fireworks is the price of it. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Navratri and Dussehra (25 Sep – 25 Oct (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, Diwali

• Temporada

  Wedding season

  15 Nov – 15 FebTemporada secaMucha gente

  The dry months are when Mumbai marries, and hotel ballrooms, flower markets and traffic all move around it. Rooms are harder to get on auspicious dates than on public holidays.

Sigue en marcha: Diwali (8 Nov)

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, Wedding season

En diciembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Wedding season (15 Nov – 15 Feb)