A Pilgrimage

Few of my friends all over fifty years
went on a pilgrimage after long years.
They went on a train journey towards North
They were about seven of them going North
They had a pleasant travel and visited places
Badrinnath and Kedarnath are lord Shiva’s resting places
They are on the way to the Himalayas
The shrines nestled in between the peaks of Himalayas
look grand and beautiful infusing piety .

The friends had a meaningful sojourn
Having worshipped Lord Shiva they had a new sojourn.
There were heavy rains and the land got cutoff
stranding the pilgrims in remote areas almost cut off
They remain there stranded condemning their choice of travelling
as rainy season is not appropriate to travel.
The rains have not abetted and the situation is bad
Their return gets postponed as the season is pretty bad.
How long have my friends are to be there?