Landslides Kill 3 at Base Camp of a Hindu Temple in Northern India and 17 Others Are Still Missing

Landslides Kill 3 at Base Camp of a Hindu Temple in Northern India and 17 Others Are Still Missing
Indian Hindu devotees walk at the restored Kedarnath Temple in Rudraprayag District in northern Uttarakhand state, on June 15, 2017. Shammi Mehra/AFP via Getty Images
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LUCKNOW, India—Torrential rains triggered a landslide at a base camp of a revered Hindu temple in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand, killing three people, officials said Saturday.

At least 17 others were reported missing in the village of Gaurikund in Uttarakhand state, said Nandan Singh Rajwar, a top official of the region’s Disaster Management unit. The missing included members of two families and a few pilgrims, he said.