Father-Daughter Mountaineers from Bardoli Found Dead in Nepal After Heavy Snowfall

Father-Daughter Mountaineers from Bardoli Found Dead in Nepal After Heavy Snowfall November 09, 2025

Surat / Bardoli / Kathmandu, November 9: A tragic incident has cast a pall of grief over Kadod village in Bardoli taluka of Surat district, as a father and daughter who had gone missing while trekking in Nepal have been found dead. The bodies of mountaineer Jigneshbhai Lallubhai Bhandari and his daughter Priyanshi were recovered today during an intensive search operation in the Annapurna region, days after they lost contact amid heavy snowfall.

According to reports, Jigneshbhai, a resident of Kadod village, and his daughter Priyanshi — a Class 11 student at Vanita Vishram Institute — were passionate about trekking and adventure. To pursue this shared interest, they had planned an expediti