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

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, Pongal

• Naturaleza

  Olive ridley nesting

  1 Ene – 31 Mar · normalmenteAnidación de tortugas

  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. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  International Yoga Festival

  4–7 EneGran festivalReserva pronto

  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. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Pongal

  14–17 EneCosechaCierres

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Christmas to New Year rush (22 Dic – 2 Ene (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Masi Magam, Auroville anniversary

• Festival

  Masi Magam

  20 Feb – 20 Mar · normalmenteFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Auroville anniversary

  27 Feb – 1 MarGran festivalMucha genteReserva pronto

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Olive ridley nesting (1 Ene – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Masi Magam, Auroville anniversary

En marzo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Olive ridley nesting (1 Ene – 31 Mar (normalmente)), Masi Magam (20 Feb – 20 Mar (normalmente)), Auroville anniversary (27 Feb – 1 Mar)

Concurrido — Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) en India, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Temporada

  Coastal summer

  1 Abr – 15 Jun · normalmenteCalor extremo

  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.

Máxima afluencia — Villianur Temple Car Festival, Summer vacation (north & east) en India

• Festival

  Villianur Temple Car Festival

  15 May – 5 Jun · normalmenteFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Coastal summer (1 Abr – 15 Jun (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Villianur Temple Car Festival, Summer vacation (north & east) en India

En junio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Coastal summer (1 Abr – 15 Jun (normalmente)), Villianur Temple Car Festival (15 May – 5 Jun (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 5 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

• Festival

  Bastille Day

  14 JulFiesta nacional

  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. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Máxima afluencia — Diwali, Autumn break (Dussehra / Diwali) en India

• Temporada

  Northeast monsoon

  15 Oct – 31 Dic · normalmenteRiesgo

  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.

• Riesgo

  Bay of Bengal cyclone season

  15 Oct – 15 Dic · normalmenteCierres

  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. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Diwali

  18 Oct – 15 Nov · normalmenteMucha genteCierres

  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. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Diwali

En noviembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Northeast monsoon (15 Oct – 31 Dic (normalmente)), Bay of Bengal cyclone season (15 Oct – 15 Dic (normalmente)), Diwali (18 Oct – 15 Nov (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Christmas to New Year rush, Winter break en India

• Festivo

  Christmas to New Year rush

  22 Dic – 2 Ene · normalmenteNavidad y Año NuevoMucha genteReserva pronto

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Northeast monsoon (15 Oct – 31 Dic (normalmente)), Bay of Bengal cyclone season (15 Oct – 15 Dic (normalmente))