Hva som skjer i Srinagar, India gjennom året

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

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Chillai Kalan (21. des – 31. jan)

Rolig — skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Toppsesong — Eid al-Fitr, Tulip garden opens

• Natur

  Almond blossom at Badamwari

  5.–31. mar · vanligvisVillblomster og blomstring

  The old almond orchard under Hari Parbat comes out first, a fortnight before anything else in the valley, and the city walks through it on Sunday afternoons with a flask.

• Helligdag

  Eid al-Fitr

  5.–31. mar · vanligvisRamadan og eidMye folkStengninger

  The end of Ramadan is one of Kashmir's biggest holidays: markets and government offices close for a day or two, mosques fill for morning prayers, and hill resorts like Gulmarg see a surge of domestic visitors. Kilde ↗

• Åpning

  Tulip garden opens

  18. mar – 30. apr · vanligvisVillblomster og blomstringMye folk

  The terraced garden below the Zabarwan opens for about a month once the beds are ready, usually from the third week of March, and peaks in the first week of April. Opening day is announced days ahead. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Tulip garden opens, Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) i India

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Tulip garden opens (18. mar – 30. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — reisende beskriver det som høysesong, Summer hill-station rush

• Sesong

  Summer hill-station rush

  15. mai – 15. julSkoleferieMye folkBestill tidlig

  Kashmir's peak domestic season. Houseboats on the Dal charge their top rate, the boulevard is solid from four onwards, and the shikara men do not need to negotiate.

• Helligdag

  Eid al-Adha

  15. mai – 5. jun · vanligvisRamadan og eidStengninger

  The Feast of Sacrifice closes markets and offices across the valley for a day; family visits and the smell of grilled meat replace the usual bazaar trade in Srinagar's old city. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Kheer Bhawani Mela

  20. mai – 25. jun · vanligvisReligiøs høytidMye folk

  Kashmiri Pandits gather at the Kheer Bhawani spring shrine in Tulmulla, about 27 km from Srinagar, on Jyeshtha Ashtami (usually late May or June), to offer milk pudding to the goddess; the spring's changing colour is read as an omen, and Muslim neighbours often host the visiting pilgrims. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Summer hill-station rush, Eid al-Adha

• Helligdag

  Amarnath Yatra

  25. jun – 20. aug · vanligvisPilegrimssesongMye folkStengninger

  Several hundred thousand pilgrims move through the valley over about six weeks. Convoys get road priority on the Pahalgam and Sonamarg routes, security is heavy, and rooms are hard to find in town. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Summer hill-station rush (15. mai – 15. jul), Eid al-Adha (15. mai – 5. jun (vanligvis)), Kheer Bhawani Mela (20. mai – 25. jun (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Summer hill-station rush, Amarnath Yatra

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Fortsatt på gang: Summer hill-station rush (15. mai – 15. jul), Amarnath Yatra (25. jun – 20. aug (vanligvis))

Travelt — Amarnath Yatra, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Amarnath Yatra (25. jun – 20. aug (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Travelt — Autumn break (Dussehra / Diwali) i India, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Natur

  Saffron harvest at Pampore

  20. okt – 15. nov · vanligvis

  The fields fifteen kilometres out flower purple for two or three weeks and whole families pick them before the sun is up. Buy at a farm rather than on the boulevard if you are buying at all.

• Natur

  Chinars turning

  20. okt – 20. nov · vanligvisHøstfarger

  The Mughal gardens and the chinar avenue at Naseem Bagh go red and copper for about a month, and the crowds have gone home by then. The quietest good weeks of the Srinagar year.

Toppsesong — reisende beskriver det som høysesong

Ingenting nytt starter i november.

Fortsatt på gang: Saffron harvest at Pampore (20. okt – 15. nov (vanligvis)), Chinars turning (20. okt – 20. nov (vanligvis))

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

• Fare

  Chillai Kalan

  21. des – 31. janEkstrem kuldeStengninger

  The forty days the valley counts as the real winter: pipes freeze, parts of the Dal ice over, and heavy snow shuts the Jawahar tunnel and grounds flights for a day at a time. Houseboats run on kangris and hope. Kilde ↗