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Sadhguru Seeks China Permission to Search for 80 Missing Pilgrims in Tibet Flood

Published 27 August 2026

Spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev has appealed to Chinese authorities to allow him and a small team of volunteers to travel to Gyirong in Tibet to search for 80 members of his Isha Foundation pilgrimage group who remain unaccounted for after a devastating flash flood struck the Nepal-Tibet border region. The disaster, which occurred on Wednesday, August 26, has caused widespread destruction and left hundreds of people missing across the affected area. In a statement dated August 27, Sadhguru said the group was caught in the floods at Gyirong while returning from the Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage.

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