India, Aug. 29 -- For Ramesh Choudhary, this Raksha Bandhan was supposed to be a joyous family reunion, with his only daughter, who had settled abroad, returning home to tie a rakhi to her younger brother.

But the 63-year-old businessman is now holding on to hope that she will return safely after going missing in flood-ravaged Nepal.

Dr Priyanka Choudhary (39), a Finland-based doctor originally from Bilaspur, is among two Non-Resident Indian (NRI) women from Chhattisgarh reported missing after flash floods struck Nepal on August 25.

Priyanka and Dr Meena Gupta, a British citizen from Surguja, were part of a group of about 77 pilgrims associated with the Isha Foundation who had undertaken the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, officials here sai...