Amritsar: In order to promote religious tourism and to take forward the concept of ‘Ek Bharat, Shrestha Bharat’ of the Indian Railways, ‘Guru Kirpa Yatra’ from the holy city of Amritsar for the devotees who have faith in Sikhism. Going to operate the train. This train will leave from Amritsar on 9th April. This week-long tourist train will take pilgrims to Sri Hazur Sahib Nanded, Sri Guru Nanak Jhira Sahib Bidar and Sri Harmandir Sahib Patna Sahib.
Devotees will be able to enjoy the journey of these places
The train will end at New Delhi after covering a distance of about 5100 kms and from there passengers will be brought back to Amritsar via Shatabdi. Passengers will be given all kinds of facilities in this train. The train will also be fully equipped with security guards and CCTV cameras. This is the first time that Indian Railways is running this train giving a big gift to Sikh devotees. For the first time, passengers will enjoy travel from Amritsar to Hazur Sahib Nanded, Bidar and Patna Sahib via train.
Vegetarian food will be served to tourists
For the first time a tourist train is being run connecting the two important Takhts of Sikhism, Sachkhand Shri Hazur Sahib Nanded and Shri Harmandir Ji Sahib Patna. The holy Sri Guru Nanak Jheera Sahib Gurdwara in Bidar will also be a part of the yatra. On April 9, ‘Guru Kirpa Yatra’ Bharat Gaurav tourist train will leave from Amritsar Railway Station on a 7-day tour. In Bharat Gaurav train, 600 passengers will be able to travel simultaneously by a total of 09 sleeper class coaches and one each of third AC and second AC coaches.
This tourist train will have the facility of a pantry coach, which will serve vegetarian food to the tourists. Along with this, infotainment system, CCTV camera equipped, security system will also be there. Facility of payment in easy installments through Debit/Credit card has been given to ease the booking process of the tour. Passengers will also be able to board from Amritsar, Beas, Jalandhar Cantt, Ludhiana, New Morinda Junction, Chandigarh, Ambala, Kurukshetra, and Delhi Safdarjung. On the return journey, this train will come up to New Delhi from where passengers will be taken to their home station by Shatabdi Express.
Striving to provide a safe and worry-free experience to passengers
Bharat Gaurav Prayak train is being run to promote domestic tourism in line with ‘Dekho Apna Desh’ initiative of Government of India. Railways has kept the sleeper class fare at Rs 14100/- per person for this seven days journey. AC third class fare has been fixed at Rs 24200/- and AC second class fare at Rs 32300/-.
Apart from rail travel, passengers will be provided with delicious vegetarian food, accommodation in hotels and arrangements for travel by buses, guides and insurance etc. in the price of this tour package. During the entire duration of the journey, the railway team will take care of all protocols related to hygiene and health and will try to provide a safe and worry-free experience to the passengers.
Passengers can also book online
For more information about this train, passengers can visit https://www.irctctourism.com and also book online. The booking facility is available on the official website on first come first serve basis. Apart from this, mobile numbers 8882278794, 8287930749 can also be contacted.
