Under Mukhyamantri Tirth-Darshan Yojana, nine trains will take senior citizens free to various pilgrimage centres between September 20 and November 5.
Katni-Rameshwaram train will leave on September 20, Khandwa-Rameshwaram September 23, Betul-Rameshwaram October 1, Indore-Rameshwaram October 4, Damoh-Tirupathi October 6, Indore-Puri October 16, Burhanpur-Puri October 18, Katni-Vaishno Devi October 25 and Vidisha-Rameshwaram train will leave on November 5. Katni-Rameshwaram train will carry 161 pilgrims from Katni district, 181 Umaria, 244 Jabalpur, 147 Mandla and 243 pilgrims from Hoshangabad district, Khandwa-Rameshwaram 325 pilgrims from Khandwa district, 211 Burhanpur, 221 Khargone and 220 pilgrims from Barwani district, Betul-Rameshwaram train 380 pilgrims from Betul, 465 Chhindwara and 132 from Seoni district and Indore-Rameshwaram train will carry 461 pilgrims from Indore district, 262 Dhar and 254 pilgrims from Dewas district.
Damoh-Tirupathi train will carry 220 pilgrims from Damoh district, 342 Sagar, 221 Vidisha and 196 pilgrims from Tikamgarh district, Indore-Puri train 343 pilgrims from Indore district, 225 Dewas, 256 Ujjain and 152 from Dhar district, Burhanpur-Puri train 198 pilgrims from Burhanpur district, 225 Khandwa, 182 Khargone, 152 Barwani and 220 from Harda district, Katni-Vaishno Devi 182 pilgrims from Katni district, 151 Umaria, 280 Sagar and 184 pilgrims from Damoh district and Vidisha-Rameshwaram will carry 190 pilgrims from Vidisha, 292 Bhopal, 151 Raisen, 180 Hoshangabad and 164 pilgrims from Sehore district. Attendants will also accompany the pilgrims from every district. In this pilgrimage scheme, people from all the religions are getting benefited and a number of religious places of different religions have been covered in it.