40 days of harsh winter period known as `Chillai Kalan` in local language began from Tuesday in the Kashmir valley. People celebrate the first day of `Chillai Kalan` as `World Pheran Day`.

Marking the occasion, actor Anupam Kher, who is a Kashmiri Pandit, took to Instagram and shared a picture of him wearing pheran -- a woollen gown worn during the winters in Kashmir.