Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Pune (Poona), India

Topdrukte — Pune International Film Festival, Winter break in India

• Festival

  Pune International Film Festival

  10–25 jan · meestalDruk

  A week of world and Marathi cinema in mid-January, screened across several multiplexes, with on-the-spot delegate registration. Shows for the big titles sell out, so register early and book seats the day before. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Shiv Jayanti, Holi

• Festival

  Shiv Jayanti

  19 febGroot festivalDrukSluitingen

  The birth anniversary of Shivaji is a Maharashtra state holiday, and Pune holds a large procession from Lal Mahal with chariots, dhol-tasha troupes and martial-arts displays. Laxmi Road and the old-city roads close to traffic for the day. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Holi

  25 feb – 25 mrt · meestalReligieus feestDrukSluitingen

  Holi, the spring festival of colours, is a public holiday across north India. On the main morning people fill the streets throwing coloured powder and water, visitors included, and many shops and restaurants stay shut until the afternoon. Wear old clothes, protect eyes and cameras, and expect some rowdy crowds. Bron ↗

Druk — Holi, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In maart begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Holi (25 feb – 25 mrt (meestal))

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

• Risico

  Deccan pre-monsoon heat

  1 apr – 31 mei · meestalExtreme hitte

  The city that sells itself as the cool alternative to Mumbai stops being one for two months. Anything social moves to after dark and the hill forts west of town become a dawn-only proposition. Bron ↗

Druk — Summer vacation (north & east) in India

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Deccan pre-monsoon heat (1 apr – 31 mei (meestal))

Topdrukte — Palkhi processions, Waterfalls in the ghats

• Festival

  Palkhi processions

  15 jun – 20 jul · meestalReligieus feestDrukSluitingen

  The palanquins of Dnyaneshwar and Tukaram leave Alandi and Dehu and come through the city on the walk to Pandharpur, with hundreds of thousands behind them. Roads on the route shut for a day and the city turns out to feed them. Bron ↗

• Seizoen

  Waterfalls in the ghats

  20 jun – 15 sep · meestalHoogwaterDruk

  Every fall in the ghats west of the city runs, and the weekend traffic out to Lonavala and the fort trails is unbearable because of it. Best walking of the year and the most slippery, in the same weeks.

Topdrukte — Palkhi processions, Waterfalls in the ghats

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Palkhi processions (15 jun – 20 jul (meestal)), Waterfalls in the ghats (20 jun – 15 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Waterfalls in the ghats, Ganesh Chaturthi

• Festival

  Ganesh Chaturthi

  20 aug – 20 sep · meestalReligieus feestDrukSluitingen

  Pune's is the public version the rest of the country copied: ten days of mandals, a queue at Dagdusheth that runs for hours, and an immersion procession through the old city that takes more than a day to pass. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Waterfalls in the ghats (20 jun – 15 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Waterfalls in the ghats, Ganesh Chaturthi

• Festival

  Navratri at Chaturshringi

  11–20 oktReligieus feestDruk

  The nine nights of Navratri bring a fair to the foot of Chaturshringi temple on Senapati Bapat Road, with giant wheels, food stalls and long queues for darshan, ending in a silver chariot procession on Dussehra. Garba nights run across the city. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Waterfalls in the ghats (20 jun – 15 sep (meestal)), Ganesh Chaturthi (20 aug – 20 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Navratri at Chaturshringi, Diwali

• Feestdag

  Diwali

  15 okt – 15 nov · meestalDrukSluitingen

  Five days of lamps, sweets and firecrackers, with Lakshmi Puja on 8 November in 2026. Tulshibaug and Laxmi Road markets are jammed in the run-up, many businesses close for a few days, and the fireworks smoke hangs over the city. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Navratri at Chaturshringi (11–20 okt)

Druk — Diwali

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Diwali (15 okt – 15 nov (meestal))

Druk — Winter break in India, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mahotsav

  5–20 dec · meestalMuziekfestivalBoek vroeg

  The country's best-known classical music gathering has run here since 1953 and fills several nights in December, some of them until the small hours. Season passes sell out and the city treats it as its own. Bron ↗