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Kangri – A friend of Kashmiris in the harsh Winter and Chillai Kalan

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Kangri - A friend of Kashmiris in the harsh Winter and Chillai Kalan

North Kashmir district Bandipora’s Kaloosa village is known for Kang’ir making as most of the people in the village are associated with the business. Kang’ir is a traditional earthen pot covered with a wicker basket. It is filled with coal embers used by people during winters to keep warm. Kashmir’s kangri: How residents beat the cold using traditional portable heaters in the Valley The kangri, or kanger as it is locally known, is filled with embers and held against the body under a pheran, an overgarment unique to Kashmir, for…

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Kangri & Pheran during winters in Kashmir

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Kangri & Pheran during winters in Kashmir

Kangri is proving to be the most effective for combating cold. Kashmiri people have been using Kangri for centuries, Kangri literally means earthen hearth or fireplace By: Feroz Ahmad Climate change is a natural process and the whole world is aware of this process. Seasons change all over the world. Each season has its own importance and usefulness. The importance of spring, summer, autumn, winter, any season can not be denied. Although winter brings the gift of winter everywhere, winter has a special significance and uniqueness in Kashmir. Kashmir gets…

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Harissa, Kangri, and Pheran; This is winter in Kashmir

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At 7.30 am on a snowy December day, Peer Murtaza and two friends join the crowd at Dilshad Restaurant to relish a plate of harisa, a traditional Kashmiri winter breakfast dish. Most tables are taken but the trio find some space, squeeze in and order three plates of the thick meat stew. Kashmir’s long chill stretches from the onset of autumn in September all the way to April, and at their lowest, temperatures can dip to minus 4 degrees Celsius. Every morning during these months, the Dilshad Restaurant — a…

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‘Kangri’ reach Singhu border to keep protesting farmers warm

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The farmers from different parts of the country camping at various border points of Delhi for more than a month now have been given around 50 Kangris brought by a Delhi-based NGO from Jammu and Kashmir to give some respite to elderly farmers from the chilling cold. Kangri is an earthen pot woven around with wicker, filled with hot embers, and it is used by Kashmiris under the traditional long cloth Phiran or inside a blanket to warm the body. “Last week, I was approached by some people that they…

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