På gång i Rishikesh, India under året

Mest folk — Christmas to New Year rush, Winter break i India

• Regel

  No alcohol or meat in town

  1 jan – 31 decStängningar

  Rishikesh is a pilgrimage town and both are banned inside it, so the cafes are vegetarian and the nearest bar is down in Haridwar or Dehradun. Plan the evenings around chai and the aarti. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Rafting and camp season reopens (15 sep – 30 jun (vanligtvis)), Winter fog on the road up (15 dec – 31 jan (vanligtvis)), Christmas to New Year rush (22 dec – 2 jan (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Maha Shivratri, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Maha Shivratri

  14 feb – 14 mar · vanligtvisReligiös högtidTrångt

  Shiva's night draws walking pilgrims up to Neelkanth Mahadev through the hills behind the town, and the ghats and the bridges are shoulder to shoulder from the afternoon before. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: No alcohol or meat in town (1 jan – 31 dec), Rafting and camp season reopens (15 sep – 30 jun (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Maha Shivratri, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  International Yoga Festival

  1–22 mar · vanligtvisStor festivalBoka tidigt

  A week of teaching on the Parmarth Niketan ghat followed by the state's own programme, drawing well over a thousand people from dozens of countries. The Ram Jhula ashrams are full and rates go up with it. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: No alcohol or meat in town (1 jan – 31 dec), Maha Shivratri (14 feb – 14 mar (vanligtvis)), Rafting and camp season reopens (15 sep – 30 jun (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Char Dham yatra season, Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) i India

• Regel

  Char Dham registration required

  15 apr – 15 nov · vanligtvisBoka tidigtStängningar

  Uttarakhand caps daily numbers at each shrine and every pilgrim registers online or at a counter first; police turn back vehicles without it. Slots for the first weeks after the doors open go quickly. Källa ↗

• Öppning

  Char Dham yatra season

  19 apr – 13 novPilgrimssäsongTrångtBoka tidigt

  The four Himalayan shrines open on dates fixed by the priests in late April and close in the second week of November, and Rishikesh is where the whole pilgrimage staged from. Registration is compulsory and the town is at its busiest in May and June. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: No alcohol or meat in town (1 jan – 31 dec), Rafting and camp season reopens (15 sep – 30 jun (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Char Dham yatra season, Summer vacation (north & east) i India

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: No alcohol or meat in town (1 jan – 31 dec), Char Dham registration required (15 apr – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Char Dham yatra season (19 apr – 13 nov), Rafting and camp season reopens (15 sep – 30 jun (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Char Dham yatra season, Summer vacation (north & east) i India

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: No alcohol or meat in town (1 jan – 31 dec), Char Dham registration required (15 apr – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Char Dham yatra season (19 apr – 13 nov), Rafting and camp season reopens (15 sep – 30 jun (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Char Dham yatra season, Kanwar Yatra

• Stängt

  Rafting season closed

  1 jul – 15 sep · vanligtvis

  Commercial rafting on the Ganga shuts on 30 June every year and does not restart until the monsoon flow drops, usually some time in September. The operators at Shivpuri and Brahmapuri close with it. Källa ↗

• Risk

  Monsoon and landslide season

  1 jul – 15 sep · vanligtvisStängningar

  The hill roads north towards Devprayag and Uttarkashi slip and close in the heavy weeks, and the river runs brown and high past the ghats. The town itself keeps going; the valleys above it do not. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Kanwar Yatra

  30 jul – 11 augPilgrimssäsongTrångtStängningarRisk

  Millions of pilgrims walk the Haridwar-Rishikesh road through Shravan to carry Ganga water home, and the highway is closed to other traffic for stretches of it. The most disrupted weeks of the year for getting anywhere by road. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: No alcohol or meat in town (1 jan – 31 dec), Char Dham registration required (15 apr – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Char Dham yatra season (19 apr – 13 nov)

Mest folk — Char Dham yatra season, Kanwar Yatra

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: No alcohol or meat in town (1 jan – 31 dec), Char Dham registration required (15 apr – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Char Dham yatra season (19 apr – 13 nov), Rafting season closed (1 jul – 15 sep (vanligtvis)), Monsoon and landslide season (1 jul – 15 sep (vanligtvis)), Kanwar Yatra (30 jul – 11 aug)

Mycket folk — Char Dham yatra season, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Öppning

  Rafting and camp season reopens

  15 sep – 30 jun · vanligtvisTorrsäsong

  The rafting operators reopen once the flow settles in mid-September and run to the end of June. October and November are the clearest months of the season, with the Shivalik ridges sharp from the bridges. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: No alcohol or meat in town (1 jan – 31 dec), Char Dham registration required (15 apr – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Char Dham yatra season (19 apr – 13 nov), Rafting season closed (1 jul – 15 sep (vanligtvis)), Monsoon and landslide season (1 jul – 15 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Char Dham yatra season, Diwali

• Helg

  Diwali

  15 okt – 15 nov · vanligtvisTrångtBoka tidigtStängningar

  Diwali is a public holiday and the biggest festival of the Hindu year: homes and markets are lit, fireworks go on for several nights, many shops close on the day itself, and Indians travel to family or on holiday, so trains, flights and hotels book up early. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: No alcohol or meat in town (1 jan – 31 dec), Char Dham registration required (15 apr – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Char Dham yatra season (19 apr – 13 nov), Rafting and camp season reopens (15 sep – 30 jun (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Char Dham yatra season, Diwali

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: No alcohol or meat in town (1 jan – 31 dec), Char Dham registration required (15 apr – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Char Dham yatra season (19 apr – 13 nov), Rafting and camp season reopens (15 sep – 30 jun (vanligtvis)), Diwali (15 okt – 15 nov (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Christmas to New Year rush, Winter break i India

• Risk

  Winter fog on the road up

  15 dec – 31 jan · vanligtvisDimsäsongStängningar

  The plains between Delhi and Haridwar go under dense fog for days at a stretch in the cold weeks, and the overnight trains and buses run hours late. The hills above Rishikesh usually sit above it. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Christmas to New Year rush

  22 dec – 2 jan · vanligtvisJul & nyårTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: No alcohol or meat in town (1 jan – 31 dec), Rafting and camp season reopens (15 sep – 30 jun (vanligtvis))