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Çok kalabalık — Makar Sankranti, Hindistan genelinde Winter break

• Festival

  Makar Sankranti

  13–16 OcaDini bayramKalabalık

  Kites over the old city all day and a dawn dip at the ghats on 14 January, the day the sun turns north. Sesame sweets from every stall, and the one bright morning inside the fog weeks. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Post-Diwali smog (25 Eki – 10 Şub (genelde)), Winter fog (15 Ara – 31 Oca (genelde))

Kalabalık — Mahashivratri, burayı dolduran pazarların 2 tanesinde okul tatili

• Festival

  Mahashivratri

  10 Şub – 15 Mar · geneldeDini bayramKalabalık

  The night of the city's own god. Queues at the Kashi Vishwanath temple run for hours and continue all night, and the lanes of the old town are impassable from the afternoon before. Kaynak ↗

• Festival

  Holi

  25 Şub – 20 Mar · geneldeDini bayramKapanışlarRisk

  Taken harder here than almost anywhere, and largely impossible to sit out. The ghats and the old town are unusable for most of the day, boats stop running, and shops stay shut into the afternoon. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Post-Diwali smog (25 Eki – 10 Şub (genelde))

Kalabalık — Mahashivratri, burayı dolduran pazarların 2 tanesinde okul tatili

Mart ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Mahashivratri (10 Şub – 15 Mar (genelde)), Holi (25 Şub – 20 Mar (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — Buddha Purnima at Sarnath, Hindistan genelinde Summer vacation (Kerala / far south)

• Sezon

  Plains summer

  15 Nis – 20 Haz · geneldeAşırı sıcak

  The Gangetic plain at its worst: the ghats are empty between ten and five and the stone is too hot to sit on. Sunrise boats and evening aarti still work, and nothing in between does.

• Festival

  Buddha Purnima at Sarnath

  25 Nis – 25 May · geneldeDini bayramKalabalık

  Sarnath, where the first sermon was given, takes a procession and pilgrims from across Asia on the May full moon. It is ten kilometres out of town and the one reason to leave the river in that heat. Kaynak ↗

Çok kalabalık — Buddha Purnima at Sarnath, Hindistan genelinde Summer vacation (north & east)

Mayıs ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Plains summer (15 Nis – 20 Haz (genelde)), Buddha Purnima at Sarnath (25 Nis – 25 May (genelde))

Kalabalık — Hindistan genelinde Summer vacation (north & east), burayı dolduran pazarların 2 tanesinde okul tatili

Haziran ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Plains summer (15 Nis – 20 Haz (genelde))

Sakin — burayı dolduran pazarların 5 tanesinde okul tatili, hava açısından en kötü aylarından biri

• Risk

  Ghats under water

  25 Tem – 15 Eyl · geneldeSel sezonuKapanışlar

  In most monsoons the Ganga rises over the lower ghats, the boats are grounded by order, and the evening aarti moves to higher ground. Cremations at Manikarnika shift up the steps into the lanes. Kaynak ↗

Sakin — burayı dolduran pazarların 4 tanesinde okul tatili, hava açısından en kötü aylarından biri

Ağustos ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Ghats under water (25 Tem – 15 Eyl (genelde))

Ara sezon — burayı dolduran pazarların 3 tanesinde okul tatili, sıradan bir ay

• Festival

  Ramnagar Ramlila

  5 Eyl – 15 Eki · geneldeDini bayram

  A month of nightly open-air Ramlila staged across Ramnagar on the far bank, unamplified and lit by lanterns, with the audience walking between locations. It has run under the maharaja's patronage for two centuries. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Ghats under water (25 Tem – 15 Eyl (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — Chhath Puja, Hindistan genelinde Autumn break (Dussehra / Diwali)

• Festival

  Chhath Puja

  24 Eki – 22 Kas · geneldeDini bayramKalabalık

  Four days of fasting for the sun god in Kartik, and the one festival that fills the ghats twice in a day: at sunset, then again before dawn, families standing waist-deep in the river with their offerings. Assi and Dashashwamedh take the biggest crowds. Kaynak ↗

• Risk

  Post-Diwali smog

  25 Eki – 10 Şub · geneldeKış smogu

  Stubble burning upwind, firecrackers and a cold air trap put the plains under a brown haze from Diwali onward. The fog weeks that follow hold it down rather than clear it. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Ramnagar Ramlila (5 Eyl – 15 Eki (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — Chhath Puja, Dev Deepawali

• Festival

  Dev Deepawali

  24 KasDiwaliKalabalıkErken rezervasyon

  On Kartik Purnima, a fortnight after Diwali, every step of every ghat is set with oil lamps and the whole river front is lit at once. The single busiest night of the Varanasi year; boats are booked months ahead. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Chhath Puja (24 Eki – 22 Kas (genelde)), Post-Diwali smog (25 Eki – 10 Şub (genelde))

Kalabalık — Hindistan genelinde Winter break, burayı dolduran pazarların 4 tanesinde okul tatili

• Risk

  Winter fog

  15 Ara – 31 Oca · geneldeSis sezonuKapanışlar

  Dense plains fog settles over the river for weeks and takes the flights and the trains with it, with delays measured in hours rather than minutes. The sunrise boat is a matter of luck. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Post-Diwali smog (25 Eki – 10 Şub (genelde))