The ticket price per person would start from Rs 62,370 which will have an inclusive tour package & for the EMI option, the IRCTC has tied up with Paytm and Razorpay payment gateways.
New Delhi, May 26: Devotees can now travel across the Ramayana circuit including Ayodhya, Janakpur, Sitamarhi, Varanasi, Nashik and Rameshwaram on the ‘Bharat Gaurav’ tourist train, being run by Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC).
The journey would take 18 days on an 8,000 km long circuit which will kick-start from Delhi. What makes the package even more lucrative is the fact that there is an EMI option to pay the fare.
Devotees of Lord Ram can now travel across the Ramayana circuit that includes #Ayodhya, Janakpur (Nepal), Sitamarhi, Varanasi, Nashik and Rameshwaram on the 'Bharat Gaurav' tourist train, being run by Indian #Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (#IRCTC).@RailMinIndia pic.twitter.com/Igg6wzoMeO
— IANS (@ians_india) May 26, 2022
The ticket price per person would start from Rs 62,370 per passenger which will have an inclusive tour package, including 3 AC tier charge, night stay at hotels, meals, sight-seeing in buses, travel insurance and services of guide. For the EMI option, the IRCTC has tied up with Paytm and Razorpay payment gateways.
An IRCTC spokesperson said, “The maiden Bharat Gaurav train service would commence on June 21. There would be 11 AC three tier coaches with capacity of 600 passengers. The train’s first stop would be Ayodhya, where tourists will visit Ram Janmabhoomi temple, Hanuman temple, Bharat Mandir at Nandigram. After Ayodhya, the next destination would be Buxar where the tourists will be shown the hermitage of Maharishi Vishwamitra and the Ram Rekha Ghat where the guests can take a holy dip in the Ganga.”
The train will then travel to Janakpur (Nepal) via Jaynagar. The train would have two additional coaches for luggage and a pantry car for the freshly-cooked vegetarian meals. The train would have an infotainment system, CCTV cameras and security guards in each coach for tourists.
SOURCE : NEWSBHARATHI
