The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has launched its first budget pilgrim tour to a neighbouring State. The first interstate pilgrimage from Kollam to Velankanni under the auspices of KSRTC Budget Tourism Cell was flagged off on Friday.
The service, which starts from Kollam every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 5.15 a.m. will reach Velankanni by night the same day after visiting Kattadimala or Devasahayam Mount, the place where first layman saint Devasahayam Pillai was martyred, and Saint John De Britto Shrine at Oriyur, popularly known as the Oriyur church.