Indian travellers and motorists gather after a landslide blocked their route along the national highway on the outskirts of Vishuprayag on Friday in Uttarakhand. According to local media reports some 15,000 tourists are stranded after a massive landslide took place on the main Rishikesh-Badrinath Highway a popular pilgrim route to Joshimath. Pic/AFP

More than 15,000 pilgrims en route to the Badrinath shrine in Uttarakhand are reportedly stranded after a landslide blocked a highway, officials said on Friday.