Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Chennai (Madras), India

Topdrukte — Pongal, Margazhi music season

• Feestdag

  Pongal

  13–17 jan · meestalOogsttijdSluitingen

  Four days of harvest holiday. The city empties towards the villages, offices and many restaurants shut, and every bus and train out is booked a fortnight ahead. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Kapaleeshwarar Teppam float festival

  1–3 febReligieus feestDruk

  Over three evenings in the Tamil month of Thai, around Thaipusam, the Mylapore temple's deities are rowed round the temple tank on a lit float; crowds line the tank steps and the streets around fill with stalls. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Margazhi music season (15 dec – 15 jan)

Topdrukte — Kapaleeshwarar Teppam float festival, Maha Shivaratri

• Festival

  Maha Shivaratri

  10 feb – 12 mrt · meestalReligieus feestDruk

  Shiva temples across the city, Kapaleeshwarar in Mylapore above all, stay open through the night with long queues for darshan and devotional music until dawn; traffic around the big temples slows to a crawl. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Kapaleeshwarar Teppam float festival (1–3 feb)

Topdrukte — Maha Shivaratri, Panguni Peruvizha at Mylapore

• Festival

  Panguni Peruvizha at Mylapore

  10 mrt – 15 apr · meestalReligieus feestDruk

  Ten days of processions round the Kapaleeshwarar temple tank in the Tamil month of Panguni, peaking with the chariot pull and the parade of the 63 Nayanmar saints. Mylapore's streets close to traffic for the big days. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Maha Shivaratri (10 feb – 12 mrt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Panguni Peruvizha at Mylapore, Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) in India

• Regel

  East-coast fishing ban

  15 apr – 14 junPlukseizoen

  Mechanised boats stay in harbour at Kasimedu and along the Tamil Nadu coast for 61 days of the breeding season, so the catch shrinks and fish prices rise until the fleet goes out again in mid-June. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Panguni Peruvizha at Mylapore (10 mrt – 15 apr (meestal))

Druk — Summer vacation (north & east) in India

• Risico

  Agni Natchathiram heat

  4–28 mei · meestalExtreme hitte

  The fortnight the Tamil almanac names as the hottest of the year, and the city agrees with it. Schools are out, work starts early, and nobody crosses the Marina sand between eleven and four. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: East-coast fishing ban (15 apr – 14 jun)

Druk — Summer vacation (north & east) in India, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In juni begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: East-coast fishing ban (15 apr – 14 jun)

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 5 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Festival

  Aadi month at Amman temples

  17 jul – 16 aug · meestalReligieus feest

  Through the Tamil month of Aadi, goddess temples across the city hold Friday festivals and neighbourhoods cook and hand out koozh, a millet porridge offering. Aadi is thought unlucky for weddings, so the wedding halls go quiet. Bron ↗

Druk — Vinayaka Chaturthi, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Madras Week

  18–25 aug · meestalGroot festival

  The city marks its founding on 22 August with a week of heritage walks, talks, quizzes and food trails. A good excuse to see old George Town and Mylapore with people who know every lane. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Vinayaka Chaturthi

  20 aug – 25 sep · meestalReligieus feestDruk

  Ganesha idols go up in pandals across the city, and in the following days they are carried in processions down to the sea for immersion. Expect road diversions along the coast on the immersion days. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Aadi month at Amman temples (17 jul – 16 aug (meestal))

Druk — Vinayaka Chaturthi, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Vinayaka Chaturthi (20 aug – 25 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Deepavali, Autumn break (Dussehra / Diwali) in India

• Risico

  Bay of Bengal cyclone season

  1 okt – 15 dec · meestalSluitingen

  A system or two a season comes close enough to shut the airport for a day and put the fishing fleet ashore. Warnings run several days out, so the cost is usually a lost day rather than a lost trip. Bron ↗

• Seizoen

  Northeast monsoon

  15 okt – 31 dec · meestalRisico

  Most of Chennai's rain falls in these ten weeks, in long grey spells rather than afternoon storms, and the low parts of the city go under when a depression parks offshore.

• Feestdag

  Deepavali

  15 okt – 15 nov · meestalDiwaliDruk

  Tamil Nadu celebrates at dawn on the day before the new moon, with an oil bath, new clothes and firecrackers from before sunrise. T Nagar's shopping streets are packed for the fortnight before, and trains and buses out of the city sell out. Bron ↗

Druk — Deepavali

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Bay of Bengal cyclone season (1 okt – 15 dec (meestal)), Northeast monsoon (15 okt – 31 dec (meestal)), Deepavali (15 okt – 15 nov (meestal))

Topdrukte — Margazhi music season, Winter break in India

• Festival

  Margazhi music season

  15 dec – 15 janMuziekfestivalDruk

  A thousand-odd Carnatic concerts across the sabhas of Mylapore and T. Nagar, most of them free or a few hundred rupees, and canteens people turn up for on their own account. Stay near Luz Corner. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Bay of Bengal cyclone season (1 okt – 15 dec (meestal)), Northeast monsoon (15 okt – 31 dec (meestal))