På gång i Kandy (Nuwara Eliya), Sri Lanka under året

Mest folk — Hill-country high season, Year-end break i Sri Lanka

• Regel

  Poya days

  1 jan – 31 decStängningar

  Every full moon is a civil holiday: shops shut and the sale of alcohol and meat is prohibited islandwide. There are thirteen or fourteen a year, and the temple is at its fullest on each of them. Källa ↗

• Regel

  Temple of the Tooth entry rules

  1 jan – 31 decBoka tidigt

  Shoulders and knees covered, shoes and hats off at the gate, and white is what locals wear. The relic chamber opens only for the three daily pujas, and the queue for the evening one starts well before it. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Hill-country high season (15 dec – 31 mar)

Mest folk — Hill-country high season, February break i Sri Lanka

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Poya days (1 jan – 31 dec), Temple of the Tooth entry rules (1 jan – 31 dec), Hill-country high season (15 dec – 31 mar)

Mest folk — Hill-country high season, February break i Sri Lanka

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Poya days (1 jan – 31 dec), Temple of the Tooth entry rules (1 jan – 31 dec), Hill-country high season (15 dec – 31 mar)

Mest folk — Sinhala and Tamil New Year, Sinhala & Tamil New Year break i Sri Lanka

• Helg

  Sinhala and Tamil New Year

  13–16 aprNationell helgdagStängningarTrångt

  The country stops for several days and families travel to be together. Trains and long-distance buses cannot be booked, shops close, and the temple gets a domestic crowd rather than a foreign one. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Poya days (1 jan – 31 dec), Temple of the Tooth entry rules (1 jan – 31 dec)

Lugnt — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Poya days (1 jan – 31 dec), Temple of the Tooth entry rules (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mycket folk — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Poya days (1 jan – 31 dec), Temple of the Tooth entry rules (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mycket folk — Esala Perahera, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Esala Perahera

  15 jul – 25 aug · vanligtvisReligiös högtidTrångtBoka tidigt

  Ten nights of processions building to the Nikini full moon, with tuskers, whip-crackers, drummers and fire dancers on a route the town hands over entirely. Grandstand seats are sold and rooms go months ahead. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Poya days (1 jan – 31 dec), Temple of the Tooth entry rules (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mest folk — Esala Perahera, August break i Sri Lanka

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Poya days (1 jan – 31 dec), Temple of the Tooth entry rules (1 jan – 31 dec), Esala Perahera (15 jul – 25 aug (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — August break i Sri Lanka, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Poya days (1 jan – 31 dec), Temple of the Tooth entry rules (1 jan – 31 dec)

Lugnt — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Poya days (1 jan – 31 dec), Temple of the Tooth entry rules (1 jan – 31 dec)

Lugnt — en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Poya days (1 jan – 31 dec), Temple of the Tooth entry rules (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mest folk — Hill-country high season, Year-end break i Sri Lanka

• Säsong

  Hill-country high season

  15 dec – 31 marTorrsäsongTrångt

  The driest stretch inland and the one the hill country is booked for. Kandy is the staging post, so the lake circuit, the trains up to Ella and the good rooms all fill at the same time.

Pågår fortfarande: Poya days (1 jan – 31 dec), Temple of the Tooth entry rules (1 jan – 31 dec)