Murphy residents Archana Suresh and Raghu Rajan remain missing nearly two weeks after deadly flooding in Nepal.

The couple was among those honored at a candlelight vigil Monday, Sept. 7, at the Nepali Cultural and Spiritual Center in Euless. The Nepalese Society of Texas organized the 8 p.m. gathering, where organizers expected up to 1,000 people to join in prayer for the missing and remembrance for those confirmed dead. Family members and friends of Suresh and Rajan were among those at the vigil, WFAA reported.

Suresh and Rajan, married 25 years, had spent over a year planning a spiritual pilgrimage to Mount Kailash, a Himalayan peak sacred to Hindus. They were traveling with a group through Kailash Journeys near the China-Nepal border when flooding struck in late August. Their phones last pinged near a bridge that washed away, according to NBC DFW.

No one has heard from them since.

The couple has two college-aged children waiting for word. According to their family, 26 foreign nationals and five Nepali guides in the same travel group are also unaccounted for. Suresh is a telecommunications engineer at Verizon who cooks meals for the homeless in her spare time, her brother told The Wall Street Journal.

"We just want them to come back safe … We're hoping for a miracle to happen," Divya Chandrashekar, Rajan's sister-in-law, told WFAA in late August when the outlet first reported on the couple's disappearance.

As of Sept. 8, at least 1,398 people had died in the flooding and mountain collapse, according to a CNBC report citing AFP. More than 5,500 remained missing, including around 800 foreigners. Four of the missing are from North Texas.

Plano residents Deepak and Madhu Ahuja, married 34 years, were also on a religious pilgrimage in the region with a separate group, Isha Sacred Walks. They were remembered at the vigil as well.

"The main thing for tonight is just bringing the community, for those who love Nepal, who heard about Nepal, bring it all together, one umbrella, and just pray …" said Baikuntha Thapa, board of trustees chair for the Nepalese Society of Texas.

Organizers said the prayers and presence of the community matter even more than financial support as families continue waiting for answers. No update on the Murphy couple's status has been confirmed.