India cricketer Harbhajan Singh, who was stranded in Joshimath due to incessant rains while on a pilgrimage, was on Wednesday rescued and taken to safety by the Indian Air Force."Rescued by 205 army aviation squadron based at mamoon pathankot.thank u. sweet memories with the air crew.god bless," a relieved Harbhajan wrote on his twitter page.Flash floods, cloudbursts and landslides have claimed over a hundred lives in Uttarakhand and left thousands of pilgrims stranded.The off-spinner took shelter at the ITBP camp at Joshimath since the last four days after he too could not reach Hemkund Sahib Gurudwara due to bad weather.The off-spinner on Tuesday accompanied Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) officials to the forces' barracks and campuses where stranded pilgrims are being provided food and medicines.

Harbhajan took the role of a counsellor alongside ITBP personnel as he met a number of pilgrims hit by incessant rains and floods.