Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Puducherry, India

Topdrukte — reizigers noemen het hoogseizoen, Pongal

• Natuur

  Olive ridley nesting

  1 jan – 31 mrt · meestalNestelende schildpadden

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  International Yoga Festival

  4–7 janGroot festivalBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Pongal

  14–17 janOogsttijdSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Christmas to New Year rush (22 dec – 2 jan (meestal))

Topdrukte — Masi Magam, Auroville anniversary

• Festival

  Masi Magam

  20 feb – 20 mrt · meestalReligieus feestDruk

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Auroville anniversary

  27 feb – 1 mrtGroot festivalDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Olive ridley nesting (1 jan – 31 mrt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Masi Magam, Auroville anniversary

In maart begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Olive ridley nesting (1 jan – 31 mrt (meestal)), Masi Magam (20 feb – 20 mrt (meestal)), Auroville anniversary (27 feb – 1 mrt)

Druk — Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) in India, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  Coastal summer

  1 apr – 15 jun · meestalExtreme hitte

  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.

Topdrukte — Villianur Temple Car Festival, Summer vacation (north & east) in India

• Festival

  Villianur Temple Car Festival

  15 mei – 5 jun · meestalReligieus feestDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Coastal summer (1 apr – 15 jun (meestal))

Topdrukte — Villianur Temple Car Festival, Summer vacation (north & east) in India

In juni begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Coastal summer (1 apr – 15 jun (meestal)), Villianur Temple Car Festival (15 mei – 5 jun (meestal))

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

• Festival

  Bastille Day

  14 julNationale feestdag

  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. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — reizigers noemen het hoogseizoen, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In september begint er niets nieuws.

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

• Seizoen

  Northeast monsoon

  15 okt – 31 dec · meestalRisico

  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.

• Risico

  Bay of Bengal cyclone season

  15 okt – 15 dec · meestalSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Diwali

  18 okt – 15 nov · meestalDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Druk — Diwali

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Northeast monsoon (15 okt – 31 dec (meestal)), Bay of Bengal cyclone season (15 okt – 15 dec (meestal)), Diwali (18 okt – 15 nov (meestal))

Topdrukte — Christmas to New Year rush, Winter break in India

• Feestdag

  Christmas to New Year rush

  22 dec – 2 jan · meestalKerst & nieuwjaarDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

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