Araria 16 October (NEWS IN BIHAR). Bharat Gaurav tourist train will be operated from Saharsa on behalf of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited i.e. IRCTC. This train will offer Jyotirlinga darshan along with the South India tour.

This tour will be of 12 nights and 13 days. Under this, tourists will be introduced to the religious and cultural heritage of Tirupati, Rameshwaram, Madurai, Kanyakumari, Thiruvananthapuram, Mallikarjuna.

Vishwaranjan Saha, assistant manager of the regional office of ICRTC in Patna, gave this information on Thursday in a hotel located in Forbesganj. Assistant Manager Vishwaranjan Saha was accompanied by Tourism Assistants Santosh Kumar and Rohit Raj.

Giving information, Vishwaranjan Saha said that this yatra will provide an opportunity to the devotees and tourists of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh to share the experience of the religious, spiritual and cultural heritage of South India.

He told that tourists will be given darshan of Balaji Darshan and Padmavati Temple in Tirupati, Ramanathaswamy Jyotirlinga in Rameshwaram, Meenakshi Temple in Madurai, Kanyakumari Temple and Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari, Padyanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram and Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga in Mallikarjuna.

Giving information, Shri Saha said that the Yatra has been divided into three categories. In which the ticket fee per passenger in economy class is Rs 25 thousand 620, per passenger in standard class is Rs 35 thousand 440 and in comfort class the ticket is Rs 49 thousand 175 per passenger can be taken by visiting the tourism website of ICRTC.

He informed that all packages will include rail travel, accommodation, transfers, sightseeing, refreshments, onboard security, travel insurance and special hosting by ICRTC.

Boarding and deboarding stations include Saharsa, Supaul, Nirmali, Jhanjharpur, Darbhanga, Samastipur, Muzaffarpur, Hajipur, Patliputra, Arrah, Buxar, Dildarnagar, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay, Prayagraj Chhiuki.

A helpline number has also been issued by ICRTC for 24 hours, seven days, which is +91 8595937731/32.

/ Rahul Kumar Thakur