Bengaluru, Sept. 10 -- What began as a sacred Himalayan journey turned harrowing for 38-year-old Rajani Maski and her husband Raghuveer Yavagal from Bengaluru. The couple, part of a 130-member group organized by the Isha Foundation, had travelled to Mansarovar for a spiritual retreat, only to find themselves trapped at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport due to growing political unrest in Nepal.

Rajani spoke to reporters from the airport, where she and hundreds of others have been stuck for over 24 hours, as per a report by The Times of India. "We don't know what to do. The airport gates are shut, they won't let us out, and the military and police are pushing us back inside. There is no food, no water, and no shops open to even b...