O que acontece em Pondicherry, Índia, ao longo do ano

Lotação máxima — viajantes descrevem como alta temporada, Pongal

• Natureza

  Olive ridley nesting

  1 Jan – 31 Mar · normalmenteDesova de tartarugas

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  International Yoga Festival

  4–7 JanGrande festivalReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

• Feriado

  Pongal

  14–17 JanColheitaFechamentos

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Christmas to New Year rush (22 Dez – 2 Jan (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Masi Magam, Auroville anniversary

• Festival

  Masi Magam

  20 Fev – 20 Mar · normalmenteFesta religiosaLotado

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Auroville anniversary

  27 Fev – 1 MarGrande festivalLotadoReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Olive ridley nesting (1 Jan – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Masi Magam, Auroville anniversary

Nada novo começa em março.

Ainda em andamento: Olive ridley nesting (1 Jan – 31 Mar (normalmente)), Masi Magam (20 Fev – 20 Mar (normalmente)), Auroville anniversary (27 Fev – 1 Mar)

Movimentado — Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) em Índia, férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Temporada

  Coastal summer

  1 Abr – 15 Jun · normalmenteCalor extremo

  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.

Lotação máxima — Villianur Temple Car Festival, Summer vacation (north & east) em Índia

• Festival

  Villianur Temple Car Festival

  15 Mai – 5 Jun · normalmenteFesta religiosaLotado

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Coastal summer (1 Abr – 15 Jun (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Villianur Temple Car Festival, Summer vacation (north & east) em Índia

Nada novo começa em junho.

Ainda em andamento: Coastal summer (1 Abr – 15 Jun (normalmente)), Villianur Temple Car Festival (15 Mai – 5 Jun (normalmente))

Meia-estação — férias escolares em 5 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um mês comum

• Festival

  Bastille Day

  14 JulFeriado nacional

  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. Fonte ↗

Lotação máxima — viajantes descrevem como alta temporada, férias escolares em 4 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em agosto.

Meia-estação — férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um mês comum

Nada novo começa em setembro.

Lotação máxima — Diwali, Autumn break (Dussehra / Diwali) em Índia

• Temporada

  Northeast monsoon

  15 Out – 31 Dez · normalmenteRisco

  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.

• Risco

  Bay of Bengal cyclone season

  15 Out – 15 Dez · normalmenteFechamentos

  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. Fonte ↗

• Feriado

  Diwali

  18 Out – 15 Nov · normalmenteLotadoFechamentos

  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. Fonte ↗

Movimentado — Diwali

Nada novo começa em novembro.

Ainda em andamento: Northeast monsoon (15 Out – 31 Dez (normalmente)), Bay of Bengal cyclone season (15 Out – 15 Dez (normalmente)), Diwali (18 Out – 15 Nov (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Christmas to New Year rush, Winter break em Índia

• Feriado

  Christmas to New Year rush

  22 Dez – 2 Jan · normalmenteNatal e Ano-NovoLotadoReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Northeast monsoon (15 Out – 31 Dez (normalmente)), Bay of Bengal cyclone season (15 Out – 15 Dez (normalmente))