A helicopter crashed in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand on Sunday, killing seven people on board. Local officials said the aircraft was flying from the town of Kedarnath to Guptkashi, which is a prominent Hindu pilgrimage site in the Himalayas.

A tragic helicopter crash in northern India on June 15 resulted in the deaths of a pilot and six passengers on their way to Hindu religious sites in the Himalayan mountains.

A helicopter carrying Hindu pilgrims has crashed in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, killing seven people on board.