New Delhi: IRCTC will run its first Bharat Gaurav Tourist train on June 21, which would include a stop at Nepal’s Janakpur, the Railways’ catering and ticketing arm said on Wednesday.
This train will run on the Ramayana Circuit identified under the Swadesh Darshan scheme covering prominent places associated with life of Lord Shri Rama, including the Ram Janaki temple in Janakpur located in Nepal.
The proposed 18-day Bharat Gaurav Tourist train tour has its first stop at Ayodhya, the birthplace of Lord Rama, where tourists will visit Shri Ram Janmabhumi temple and Hanuman temple and additionally Bharat Mandir at Nandigram, dedicated to Lord Ram’s younger brother Bharat.
After Ayodhya, the next destination is Buxar in Bihar where the tourists will be shown the hermitage of Maharishi Vishwamitra and the Ramrekha Ghat where the guests can take a holy dip in the Ganga. From here the train moves to Sitamarhi for the visit of Sita’s birth place and proceed by road to Janakpur (Nepal).
