Tourist walk on a snow covered road after a fresh spell of snowfall, at Kufri near Shimla.

A view of Gangotri Dham covered in snow after a fresh spell of snowfall, in Uttarkashi district.

People visit the Sukhna Lake amid a sharp drop in maximum temperatures in Haryana and Punjab as rain lashed many parts the two states, in Chandigarh.

Boatmen warm themselves on a cold winter day, at the Dal Lake in Srinagar. Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature of minus 6.6 degrees Celsius, as Kashmir witnesses the 40-day period of harsh winter 'Chilla-i-Kalan'.

Children in warm clothes on a cold winter day, in New Delhi.

Visitors witness fresh snowfall, in Shimla.

Uttarakhand police personnel stand guard at Hanuman Chatti, located on the Badrinath Highway, after a fresh spell of snowfall, in Chamoli district.

'Shikara' boats anchored on a cold winter day, at the Dal Lake in Srinagar.

Tourists play with snow after a fresh spell of snowfall, at Kufri near Shimla.

A long queue of vehicles stuck in a traffic jam amid tourist rush to celebrate Christmas there after recent snowfall, in Manali.

A view of the snow-covered valley after a fresh spell of snowfall, at Kufri near Shimla.