IRCTC Kolkata Gangasagar Tour: ‘It is said that all pilgrimages once, Ganga Sagar once’, every year lakhs of people reach to visit Ganga Sagar, the journey of Ganga Sagar is considered very difficult. Realizing this difficulty, IRCTC has started ‘Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train’ for the passengers, through which passengers will be able to visit 8 religious places including Gangasagar. Booking for this has already started and if you have not booked your ticket yet, do so immediately. It may be known that IRCTC has also provided EMI facility for this, this train will run from Agra Cantt Railway Station on 25th May.
Will visit these 8 religious places
- Baidyanath Dham
- Went
- Jagannath Puri
- Konark Temple
- Gangasagar
- Kolkata
- Varanasi
- Ayodhya
Kolkata Gangasagar Tour
The name of this journey from IRCTC has been called ‘Kolkata Gangasagar Yatra by Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train’. This tour package is for 10 days and 9 nights. In which you can also pay as EMI. The boarding stations of this train are Banaras Cantt, Agra Cantt, Gwalior, Kanpur, Lucknow and Ayodhya Cantt. You will get complete information about this from the official website of IRCTC and its Twitter account.
‘Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train’
It is known that in this train, 49 seats are of 2nd AC and 70 seats are of 3rd AC and 648 seats are of sleeper class. Each class has its own separate rate which is as follows.
- 2nd AC per person fare – Rs 3564
- 3rd AC per person fare – Rs 27170
- Sleeper fare per person – Rs 17008
Set off on a spiritually motivated journey to some of the most prominent temples of India from Baidyanath Temple to Hanuman Garhi. Join the Kolkata Gangasagar Yatra Ex. Agra Cantt.
Book now on https://t.co/qQcZ6N42aj
— IRCTC (@IRCTCofficial) May 22, 2023
Certain things
The place where the Ganges originating from the Himalayas meets the ocean in Kolkata is called Gangasagar. This beautiful island of West Bengal is actually an example of the unique confluence of the Ganges and the Bay of Bengal. It is said that the fruit that is obtained by doing all the pilgrimages is achieved only by seeing Gangasagar once. Every year people come here for darshan and bathe and donate for the happiness and peace of the house. Let us tell you that Gangasagar is located in South at a distance of 150 km from Kolkata.
