Incessant rain in the plains and snow in the hills on Sunday saw Kashmiris shivering as the maximum temperatures dropped by eight to 10 degrees below normal here. The traditional Kashmiri ‘pheran’ was worn by locals in the countryside today. The elderly locals were seen holding the earthen fire pots woven in wicker baskets called ‘kangri’ under their pherans. “It is like ‘Chillai Kalan’. I am wearing two jerseys under the pheran and still feeling cold,” said 75-year-old Ghulam Nabi of Ganderbal district. ‘Chillai Kalan’ is the 40-day period of…
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