IRCTC announces ’07 Jyotirlinga Yatra’ tour on Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train in May
The tours will start from Delhi Safdarjung Railway Station.
The tours will start from Delhi Safdarjung Railway Station.
The journey will begin from Delhi Safdarjung and would cover Varanasi, Kolkata, Gangasagar, Puri, Bhubaneswar, Konark, Chilika and Baidyanath Dham before returning back to Delhi.
The tourist special, Bharat Gaurav Train, according to the general manager of the Eastern Railway, will cover five Jyotirlingas – Omkareshwar, Mahakaleshwar, Somnath, Nageswar and Trimbakeshwar along with Statue of Unity, Shirdi Sai Baba and Shani Shingnapur.
The Union minister said the train holds a special significance as it is getting started on the eve of Chaitra Navratri/Gudi Padwa.
The train will start from Delhi's Safdarjung railway station on 21 March and will cover Guwahati, Sivasagar, Jorhat and Kaziranga in Assam, Unakoti, Agartala and Udaipur in Tripura, Dimapur and Kohima in Nagaland and Shillong and Cherapunji in Meghalaya during the 15-day tour.
A total of 1100 passengers boarded the maiden roundtrip service from Coimbatore to Shirdi on 14 June.
