1. Himalayan Glacier Adventures group<\/p>\n
Fifteen of the missing Australians were on a pilgrimage with the Himalayan Glacier tour group to Mount Kailash in Tibet, which is a sacred site for Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and the Bon faith. All but one in the group are Sydney-based members of the Australia Bharatha Brahmin Samaj community.<\/p>\n
Among those unaccounted for are NSW couple Venkatraman Balakrishnan, 52, and Chitra Venkatraman, 46, as well as Sreedharan and Lakshmi Iyer, and their adult sons Rishab, 23, and Rudhra, 20. The Iyer brothers are medical students at the University of Newcastle and members of the West Pennant Hills Cherrybrook cricket club in Sydney\u2019s north-west.<\/p>\n
\u201cWPHCCC is aware of the reports that two of our players, Rishab and Rudhra Iyer, along with their family members and other Australians, are unaccounted for in the ongoing floods in Nepal,\u201d the club said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe continue to live in hope, and our thoughts are currently with them, their loved ones and all affected by this tragedy in Nepal.\u201d<\/p>\n
Also in the group is a family of four: Shylaja Muralitharan, 42, her husband, Chandrasekaran Muralitharan, 47, and their sons Ashwin, 14, and Aarush, 11. Shylaja\u2019s sister, Vaishnavi, said she had lost contact with the family on the morning of the flood as the family prepared to cross an immigration checkpoint at the Tibet-Nepal border.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust like everyone else that\u2019s part of that group, we\u2019re really worried, but hopeful,\u201d Vaishnavi said. \u201cHopeful that they\u2019re safe and just waiting to be rescued.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a very difficult time for our whole family.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sagar Pandey, founder and chief executive of Himalayan Glacier Adventures, said he had lost all contact with his tour group of 47 people.<\/p>\n
Pandey said on Thursday he had flown by helicopter over the Rasuwa area where the group was staying and had little hope they survived.<\/p>\n
2. Kailash Journeys tour group<\/p>\n
Six Australians are missing from a tour group with Kailash Journeys.<\/p>\n
Among them is Karan Bhardwaj, a 40-year-old Brisbane-based member of the Royal Australian Air Force.<\/p>\n
\u201cKaran is a dad to my beautiful seven-year-old nephew, as well as a brother, uncle and brother in law,\u201d said his family member Jen. \u201cHe is so desperately loved by his family and right now we are desperately praying, hoping and believing that Karan is safe, alive and somehow making his way back to us.\u201d<\/p>\n
3. Narayan Panthi<\/p>\n