In this photograph taken on June 18, 2013, the Kedarnath Temple (centre, foreground) is pictured amid flood destruction in the holy Hindu town of Kedarnath, located in Rudraprayag district in the northern Uttarakhand. Photo:

R.V. Moorthy

Most roads on the way to Badrinath and Kedarnath have been washed away due to landslides in Uttarakhand on June 30, 2013. Photo:

This handout photograph released on July 2, 2016 by the Indian Army shows soldiers searching for survivors of a landslide following torrential rains in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh area. Photo:

Rescue and relief work is under way after several vehicles, including two buses were swept away by a massive landslide at Kotrupi in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district on August 13, 2017.Photo: