At Badrinath, thousands stranded; no damage to temple

Today's rescue operations are focused on nearly 5,000 people who are in Badrinath, where four choppers made sorties and evacuated 60 people, officials said. Seen here are security personnel helping stranded batch of pilgrims in Badrinath in Uttarakhand.

Stranded pilgrims, many of whom are children, are seen with raincoats waiting for help in Badrinath.

An aerial view of the Badrinath temple, which unlike the Kedarnath temple, has remained largely undamaged.

Locals unload a large piece of wood to be placed on to the Air Force's big helicopter - the Mi-170.

The Air Force dropped off firewood and other material needed for a mass cremation for the hundreds of bodies found in different parts of Uttarakhand.

After heavy rain overnight and this morning, the weather improved in Uttarakhand, paving way for Air Force helicopters to fly and evacuate over 6,000 people who are stranded in different parts of the state.

Seen here are workers engaged in loading and offloading wood, to be carried for cremation of the flood victims.

In its largest rescue operation ever, the Indian Air Force has pulled out all stops as it battles difficult terrain and hostile weather to bring out people stranded in Uttarakhand. One if its innovations are the Garuds - self-contained special force commando teams from Delhi.

Seen here are Garuds preparing for rescue operations in Gauchar.

A chopper rests on a water-logged helipad in Gauchar in Uttarakhand. Overnight rains, foggy and overcast conditions in the morning did little to help rescue operations commence.

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today did an aerial survey of Guptkashi and Kedarnath, the epicentre of disaster in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand. Bad weather did not allow Mr Gandhi's chopper to land.

Seen here is Mr Gandhi about to board the chopper headed to Guptkashi.

Authorities clear a damaged road caused by landslides in Gauchar in Uttarakhand.

The death toll in the disaster officially now stands at 822. More than 120 bodies were found today in Kedarnath, which is the worst-hit area.