"There were just dead bodies, in front of the temple and all along the market, just bodies. No shop was intact. The structures had fallen as if some invisible hand had touched it with great force. There was only mud, boulders and huge stones. The bustling market place had turned into a cremation ground," he added.
The next nearly 40 hours wait for help was agonising for them. They got shelter at the only remaining structure of a guest house.
Like them, there were a few hundred who took shelter on the roof top of the guest house. As they had come with food and water they survived the wait for help.
