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Tourists celebrate New Year's Eve at a ski-resort in Gulmarg, Kashmir. (Express photo: Shuaib Masoodi)
A kid enjoys at Kashmir's ski-resort of Gulmarg in North Kashmir. (Express Photo: Shuaib Masoodi)
The ski-resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir recorded a low of minus 7.2 degrees Celsius Monday night – slightly up from the previous night's minus 7.8 degrees Celsius. (Express photo: Shuaib Masoodi)
The MET Office has forecast a spell of moderate to heavy snowfall in the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh Wednesday onwards. (Express photo: Shuaib Masoodi)
Gulmarg, in north Kashmir's Baramulla district, was the coldest recorded place in the valley so far, PTI recorded. (Express photo: Shuaib Masoodi)
Kashmir is currently under the grip of 'Chillai-Kalan' - the 40-day harshest period of winter when the chances of snowfall are most frequent and maximum and the temperature drop considerably. (Express photo: Shuaib Masoodi)
'Chillai-Kalan' began on December 21 and ends on January 31, but the cold wave continues even after that in Kashmir. The 40-day period is followed by a 20-day long 'Chillai-Khurd' (small cold) and a 10-day long 'Chillai-Bachha' (Express Photo: Shuaib Masoodi)
