A helicopter carrying Hindu pilgrims has crashed in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, killing seven people on board.

Seven people including a toddler were killed when a helicopter ferrying Hindu pilgrims from a shrine crashed in the Himalayas on Sunday.

All seven people on a helicopter in northern India were killed early on Sunday when it crashed while ferrying passengers on a popular Hindu pilgrimage route in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, officials said.