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

Folla al massimo — Makar Sankranti, Winter break in India

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  Makar Sankranti

  13–16 genFesta religiosaAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Post-Diwali smog (25 ott – 10 feb (di solito)), Winter fog (15 dic – 31 gen (di solito))

Affollato — Mahashivratri, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festival

  Mahashivratri

  10 feb – 15 mar · di solitoFesta religiosaAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Holi

  25 feb – 20 mar · di solitoFesta religiosaChiusureRischio

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Post-Diwali smog (25 ott – 10 feb (di solito))

Affollato — Mahashivratri, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In marzo non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Mahashivratri (10 feb – 15 mar (di solito)), Holi (25 feb – 20 mar (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Buddha Purnima at Sarnath, Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) in India

• Stagione

  Plains summer

  15 apr – 20 giu · di solitoCaldo estremo

  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 apr – 25 mag · di solitoFesta religiosaAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

Folla al massimo — Buddha Purnima at Sarnath, Summer vacation (north & east) in India

In maggio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Plains summer (15 apr – 20 giu (di solito)), Buddha Purnima at Sarnath (25 apr – 25 mag (di solito))

Affollato — Summer vacation (north & east) in India, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In giugno non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Plains summer (15 apr – 20 giu (di solito))

Tranquillo — vacanze scolastiche in 5 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, uno dei mesi con il clima peggiore

• Rischio

  Ghats under water

  25 lug – 15 set · di solitoStagione delle alluvioniChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Tranquillo — vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, uno dei mesi con il clima peggiore

In agosto non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Ghats under water (25 lug – 15 set (di solito))

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

• Festival

  Ramnagar Ramlila

  5 set – 15 ott · di solitoFesta 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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Ghats under water (25 lug – 15 set (di solito))

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

• Festival

  Chhath Puja

  24 ott – 22 nov · di solitoFesta religiosaAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

• Rischio

  Post-Diwali smog

  25 ott – 10 feb · di solitoSmog invernale

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Ramnagar Ramlila (5 set – 15 ott (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Chhath Puja, Dev Deepawali

• Festival

  Dev Deepawali

  24 novDiwaliAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Chhath Puja (24 ott – 22 nov (di solito)), Post-Diwali smog (25 ott – 10 feb (di solito))

Affollato — Winter break in India, vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Rischio

  Winter fog

  15 dic – 31 gen · di solitoStagione della nebbiaChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Post-Diwali smog (25 ott – 10 feb (di solito))