The father of one missing pilgrim said his son led 48 pilgrims on a Kailash-Manasarovar pilgrimage through the travel agency Mahadev Kailash Yatra. Fifty-five-year-old Maravel Nagappan of Chromepet, Chennai, identified his son as M Sathya Narayanan, 28. The group of 49 has been missing since Wednesday morning. According to Nagappan, the group left on August 14, completed the visit to Kailash as planned, and was returning. Their last contact was from inside the Chinese immigration building while attempting to exit China and enter Nepal. A flight from Kathmandu to Delhi had been scheduled for 1.30 pm on Thursday. Nagappan said he has been unable to eat after hearing about the flood. The families of the pilgrims have been awaiting news from the government.