The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC), South Zone, Chennai will operate Bharat Gaurav Train tour named Diwali Ganga Snana Yathirai to coincide with the forthcoming Deepavali festival. The package tour commences on November 9 and ends on November 17.
The highlight of this eight-nights and nine-days package tour is that tourists can have ‘Ganga Snanam’ at Kashi on the day of Deepavali festival. The tour will cover holy places such as Prayagraj, Varanasi, Gaya and Rameswaram. It will end with a visit to the Sri Ramanathaswamy Temple at Rameswaram.
Speaking to journalists at Tiruchi regarding the upcoming tour, the IRCTC, South Zone, Chennai, Group General Manager P. Rajalingam Basu said the Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train for this customised tour will consist of 14 coaches including three AC-3 tier coaches, eight sleeper coaches and a pantry car. The tourist train will start from Tenkasi with stoppages at Rajapalayam, Sivakasi, Virudhunagar, Madurai, Dindigul, Tiruchi, Thanjavur, Kumbakonam, Mayiladuthurai, Chidambaram, Tirupadripuliyur, Villupuram, Chengalpattu, Tambaram, Chennai Egmore and Gudur for tourists to board from these destinations.
