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'We Are so, so Lucky': Dubai Indian Expats Recall Close Call During Kailash Pilgrimage Amid Nepal Floods

Natalia Rjumin-Girardet said 1,100 bodies have been recovered and nearly 4,500 people remain missing after the glacial flood.

Dubai-based Indian pilgrims returning from Mount Kailash narrowly avoided deadly Nepal border floods. Their planned return route was devastated by landslides and flooding which occurred on August 26. Pilgrims were forced to take an emergency military route after their journey home was disrupted. They learned of the destruction and personal losses upon their eventual return to Kathmandu. The experience prompted warnings for future pilgrims to avo…

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A Swiss pilgrim escaped by little from the landsliding that devastated part of the border between Nepal and China during a spiritual journey to Mount Kailash in Tibet. The 70-year-old yoga teacher Natalia Rjumin-Girardet was on a bus with eight other pilgrims of different nationalities when a huge wave of water and mud hit the road on the banks of the Bhotekoshi River. For her, survival was the result of a divine providence.

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The Straits Times broke the news in Singapore, Singapore on Thursday, September 3, 2026.
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