Sadhguru struggled to hold back his tears as he spoke. It was not merely an announcement about pilgrims missing after the Nepal floods, but a message delivered in visible grief. His voice trembled, while loud, anguished cries in the background - apparently those of Isha Foundation members -deepened the overwhelming sense of loss. Only a week earlier, Sadhguru and his fellow pilgrims had stood inside the immigration building at Gyirong near the Tibet-Nepal border. Now, he said, that building had been washed away. A full group of pilgrims returning from the sacred Kailash Mansarovar journey remained unaccounted for. “With a profound sense of pain and regret,” Sadhguru began, before speaking about the flash flood that struck the region between Tibet and Nepal.

At least 77 people from one of Sadhguru's Kailash pilgrimage groups remains unknown after a devastating flash flood hit Nepal’s Rasuwa district near the Tibet border on Wednesday.

77 pilgrims from Sadhguru's Kailash group went missing in Tibet's Gyirong after a flash flood inundated the immigration centre and surrounding areas during their return journey.