Hva som skjer i Amritsar (Golden Temple), India gjennom året

Travelt — Winter break i India, skoleferie i 5 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Dense winter fog (15. des – 31. jan (vanligvis))

Travelt — Hola Mohalla at Anandpur Sahib, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Hola Mohalla at Anandpur Sahib

  25. feb – 30. mar · vanligvisReligiøs høytidMye folk

  The Nihang Sikh gathering the day after Holi: gatka sword displays, horseback stunts and processions at Takht Kesgarh Sahib. Anandpur Sahib is about four hours east by road, so it is an overnight trip rather than a day out. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Hola Mohalla at Anandpur Sahib, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i mars.

Fortsatt på gang: Hola Mohalla at Anandpur Sahib (25. feb – 30. mar (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Baisakhi, Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) i India

• Festival

  Baisakhi

  13.–14. aprReligiøs høytidMye folk

  The wheat harvest and the founding of the Khalsa land on the same day, and Punjab converges on the Golden Temple for it. Kirtan runs through the night, the langar hall never stops, and the marble parikrama is packed well before dawn. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Summer vacation (north & east) i India

• Fare

  Pre-monsoon heat

  1. mai – 25. jun · vanligvisEkstrem varme

  The plains bake and the temple marble is unwalkable barefoot by mid-morning, which is the only way you are permitted to walk it. Visitors go at first light or after dark and give up on the middle of the day. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Summer vacation (north & east) i India, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i juni.

Fortsatt på gang: Pre-monsoon heat (1. mai – 25. jun (vanligvis))

Rolig — skoleferie i 5 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

• Festival

  Teeyan

  10. jul – 25. aug · vanligvisStor festival

  Punjab's monsoon festival for women, over roughly the first thirteen days of Sawan: swings in the trees, giddha dancing and bangle stalls, now mostly staged by colleges and women's groups in the city. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Independence Day at Attari-Wagah, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Helligdag

  Independence Day at Attari-Wagah

  15. augNasjonaldagMye folk

  The border's daily flag-lowering becomes a much bigger show on 15 August, with bhangra, gidda and BSF drill for a packed stand; arrive very early or expect to watch from the back. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Teeyan (10. jul – 25. aug (vanligvis))

Travelt — Langur Mela, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Langur Mela

  20. sep – 25. okt · vanligvisReligiøs høytidMye folk

  For the ten days of autumn Navratri, children dressed as langurs in red and silver, with painted faces and tails, are brought to the Bada Hanuman temple beside Durgiana to fulfil their parents' vows. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Langur Mela, Bandi Chhor Divas

• Fare

  Stubble-burning smoke

  5. okt – 25. nov · vanligvisRøyksesong

  Paddy stubble is burned off across the Majha districts in the fortnight between the rice harvest and the wheat sowing, and the smoke sits low over the city for weeks. It arrives with the best temperatures of the year, which is the trap. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Bandi Chhor Divas

  20. okt – 15. nov · vanligvisDiwaliMye folkBestill tidlig

  Sikhs mark Guru Hargobind's release from Gwalior on the same night as Diwali, and the Golden Temple is lit end to end with fireworks over the sarovar. Trains and hotels go days ahead and the queue for the sanctum runs for hours. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Langur Mela (20. sep – 25. okt (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Bandi Chhor Divas, Guru Nanak Gurpurab

• Festival

  Guru Nanak Gurpurab

  5.–30. nov · vanligvisReligiøs høytidMye folk

  Guru Nanak's birth anniversary brings a nagar kirtan through the walled city and an unbroken recitation at the temple. The crowd is larger than at Baisakhi and the four-in-the-morning cold catches people out. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Stubble-burning smoke (5. okt – 25. nov (vanligvis)), Bandi Chhor Divas (20. okt – 15. nov (vanligvis))

Travelt — Winter break i India, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Fare

  Dense winter fog

  15. des – 31. jan · vanligvisTåkesesong

  Fog settles over the plains overnight and often holds past mid-morning. Trains from Delhi run hours late, flights divert, and the road out to Wagah slows to walking pace on the worst days. Kilde ↗