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

Máxima afluencia — Makar Sankranti, Winter break en India

• Festival

  Makar Sankranti

  13–16 EneFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  Kites over the old city all day and a dawn dip at the ghats on 14 January, the day the sun turns north. Sesame sweets from every stall, and the one bright morning inside the fog weeks. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Post-Diwali smog (25 Oct – 10 Feb (normalmente)), Winter fog (15 Dic – 31 Ene (normalmente))

Concurrido — Mahashivratri, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Mahashivratri

  10 Feb – 15 Mar · normalmenteFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  The night of the city's own god. Queues at the Kashi Vishwanath temple run for hours and continue all night, and the lanes of the old town are impassable from the afternoon before. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Holi

  25 Feb – 20 Mar · normalmenteFiesta religiosaCierresRiesgo

  Taken harder here than almost anywhere, and largely impossible to sit out. The ghats and the old town are unusable for most of the day, boats stop running, and shops stay shut into the afternoon. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Post-Diwali smog (25 Oct – 10 Feb (normalmente))

Concurrido — Mahashivratri, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

En marzo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Mahashivratri (10 Feb – 15 Mar (normalmente)), Holi (25 Feb – 20 Mar (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Buddha Purnima at Sarnath, Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) en India

• Temporada

  Plains summer

  15 Abr – 20 Jun · normalmenteCalor extremo

  The Gangetic plain at its worst: the ghats are empty between ten and five and the stone is too hot to sit on. Sunrise boats and evening aarti still work, and nothing in between does.

• Festival

  Buddha Purnima at Sarnath

  25 Abr – 25 May · normalmenteFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  Sarnath, where the first sermon was given, takes a procession and pilgrims from across Asia on the May full moon. It is ten kilometres out of town and the one reason to leave the river in that heat. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Buddha Purnima at Sarnath, Summer vacation (north & east) en India

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Plains summer (15 Abr – 20 Jun (normalmente)), Buddha Purnima at Sarnath (25 Abr – 25 May (normalmente))

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: Plains summer (15 Abr – 20 Jun (normalmente))

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

• Riesgo

  Ghats under water

  25 Jul – 15 Sep · normalmenteTemporada de inundacionesCierres

  In most monsoons the Ganga rises over the lower ghats, the boats are grounded by order, and the evening aarti moves to higher ground. Cremations at Manikarnika shift up the steps into the lanes. Fuente ↗

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Ghats under water (25 Jul – 15 Sep (normalmente))

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

• Festival

  Ramnagar Ramlila

  5 Sep – 15 Oct · normalmenteFiesta religiosa

  A month of nightly open-air Ramlila staged across Ramnagar on the far bank, unamplified and lit by lanterns, with the audience walking between locations. It has run under the maharaja's patronage for two centuries. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Ghats under water (25 Jul – 15 Sep (normalmente))

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

• Festival

  Chhath Puja

  24 Oct – 22 Nov · normalmenteFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  Four days of fasting for the sun god in Kartik, and the one festival that fills the ghats twice in a day: at sunset, then again before dawn, families standing waist-deep in the river with their offerings. Assi and Dashashwamedh take the biggest crowds. Fuente ↗

• Riesgo

  Post-Diwali smog

  25 Oct – 10 Feb · normalmenteEsmog invernal

  Stubble burning upwind, firecrackers and a cold air trap put the plains under a brown haze from Diwali onward. The fog weeks that follow hold it down rather than clear it. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Ramnagar Ramlila (5 Sep – 15 Oct (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Chhath Puja, Dev Deepawali

• Festival

  Dev Deepawali

  24 NovDiwaliMucha genteReserva pronto

  On Kartik Purnima, a fortnight after Diwali, every step of every ghat is set with oil lamps and the whole river front is lit at once. The single busiest night of the Varanasi year; boats are booked months ahead. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Chhath Puja (24 Oct – 22 Nov (normalmente)), Post-Diwali smog (25 Oct – 10 Feb (normalmente))

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

• Riesgo

  Winter fog

  15 Dic – 31 Ene · normalmenteTemporada de nieblaCierres

  Dense plains fog settles over the river for weeks and takes the flights and the trains with it, with delays measured in hours rather than minutes. The sunrise boat is a matter of luck. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Post-Diwali smog (25 Oct – 10 Feb (normalmente))