Cosa c'è in programma a Puducherry (India) durante l'anno

Folla al massimo — i viaggiatori la descrivono come alta stagione, Pongal

• Natura

  Olive ridley nesting

  1 gen – 31 mar · di solitoNidificazione delle tartarughe

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  International Yoga Festival

  4–7 genGrande festaPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festività

  Pongal

  14–17 genRaccoltoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Christmas to New Year rush (22 dic – 2 gen (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Masi Magam, Auroville anniversary

• Festival

  Masi Magam

  20 feb – 20 mar · di solitoFesta religiosaAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Auroville anniversary

  27 feb – 1 marGrande festaAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Olive ridley nesting (1 gen – 31 mar (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Masi Magam, Auroville anniversary

In marzo non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Olive ridley nesting (1 gen – 31 mar (di solito)), Masi Magam (20 feb – 20 mar (di solito)), Auroville anniversary (27 feb – 1 mar)

Affollato — Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) in India, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Stagione

  Coastal summer

  1 apr – 15 giu · di solitoCaldo estremo

  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.

Folla al massimo — Villianur Temple Car Festival, Summer vacation (north & east) in India

• Festival

  Villianur Temple Car Festival

  15 mag – 5 giu · di solitoFesta religiosaAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Coastal summer (1 apr – 15 giu (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Villianur Temple Car Festival, Summer vacation (north & east) in India

In giugno non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Coastal summer (1 apr – 15 giu (di solito)), Villianur Temple Car Festival (15 mag – 5 giu (di solito))

Media stagione — vacanze scolastiche in 5 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, un mese nella media

• Festival

  Bastille Day

  14 lugFesta nazionale

  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. Fonte ↗

Folla al massimo — i viaggiatori la descrivono come alta stagione, vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In agosto non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Media stagione — vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, un mese nella media

In settembre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Folla al massimo — Diwali, Autumn break (Dussehra / Diwali) in India

• Stagione

  Northeast monsoon

  15 ott – 31 dic · di solitoRischio

  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.

• Rischio

  Bay of Bengal cyclone season

  15 ott – 15 dic · di solitoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festività

  Diwali

  18 ott – 15 nov · di solitoAffollatoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Affollato — Diwali

In novembre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Northeast monsoon (15 ott – 31 dic (di solito)), Bay of Bengal cyclone season (15 ott – 15 dic (di solito)), Diwali (18 ott – 15 nov (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Christmas to New Year rush, Winter break in India

• Festività

  Christmas to New Year rush

  22 dic – 2 gen · di solitoNatale e CapodannoAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Northeast monsoon (15 ott – 31 dic (di solito)), Bay of Bengal cyclone season (15 ott – 15 dic (di solito))