The Kashmir Valley experiences its coldest winter night in five decades with temperatures plunging to minus 8.5°C, signaling ...

Kashmir is experiencing an intense cold wave, with temperatures plummeting across the region. The Met department forecasts ...

Chillai Kalan is also known as "Shahenshah-e-zamistan." Chilla-i Kalan is a Persian term which means "major cold" while the intense cold conditions are known as 'Jaada' in North and East India.

This period is locally called Chillai-Kalan. Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded its coldest December night in 30 years as the mercury dipped to a bone-chilling -8.5°C.

Chillai Kalan, the harshest 40-day winter period, began in Kashmir on Saturday, with Srinagar recording its coldest December night in five decades at minus 8.5 degrees Celsius, according to the ...

This occurred just one day before the onset of ‘Chillai Kalan’ — a 40-day period of intense cold that grips Kashmir annually.

Chillai Kalan, the 40-day period of harshest winter, commenced in Kashmir on Saturday with Srinagar experiencing its coldest December night in five decades at minus 8.5 degrees Celsius ...

Kashmir’s Chillai-Kalan ushers in stunning snowy landscapes: Check out these must-visit spots in the Valley after the first snowfall Several parts of Kashmir received fresh snowfall, including ...

Gulmarg and Pahalgam in Kashmir are enduring severe subzero temperatures during the harsh 'Chillai-Kalan' winter period.