Archive · 30 Aug 2026
Tamil Nadu Pilgrims Return to Chennai After Nepal Flash Floods
A group of pilgrims from Tamil Nadu went to Nepal for a pilgrimage.
Flash floods trapped many of them.
Twenty-one pilgrims came back to Chennai on Friday.
Their families welcomed them at the airport.
Reports said 140 more people had been rescued and were waiting to travel home.
About 80 others were still missing or untraced.
Government ministers and officials were working to help the pilgrims.
Families at the airport were waiting for updates about their relatives.
Twenty-one pilgrims from Tamil Nadu returned to Chennai on Friday after being caught in Nepal’s flash floods.
The returning pilgrims reunited emotionally with family members at the airport and described their escape from the floods.
Reports said 140 other Tamil Nadu pilgrims had been rescued and were waiting to return.
About 80 people from Tamil Nadu were still untraced, according to reports.
Four ministers and officials were coordinating rescue operations from New Delhi, while Tamil Nadu’s resident commissioner had gone to Kathmandu.
- Who
- Pilgrims from Tamil Nadu, their families, and Tamil Nadu ministers and officials involved in rescue coordination.
- What
- Pilgrims caught in Nepal’s flash floods were being rescued and returned to Tamil Nadu.
- When
- Twenty-one pilgrims returned on Friday; the article does not specify the date.
- Where
- The pilgrims were in Nepal, with 21 returning through Chennai; officials coordinated from New Delhi and Kathmandu.
- Why
- They had traveled to Nepal on pilgrimage and were caught in flash floods.
- Returned
- 21 pilgrims from Tamil Nadu returned to Chennai.
- Rescued and awaiting return
- Reports said 140 others had been saved and were waiting to travel back.
- Untraced
- Reports said 80 people from Tamil Nadu were still untraced.
- Estimated travelers
- A minister said at least 400 people from Tamil Nadu may have gone to Nepal for pilgrimages.
- Coordination location
- Four ministers and officials were stationed at Tamil Nadu House in New Delhi.
- Kathmandu official
- Tamil Nadu House resident commissioner Ashish Kumar had gone to Kathmandu.