Senior citizens of the State will undertake pilgrimage to Rameshwaram, Puri and Vaishno Devi under Mukhyamantri Tirth-Darshan Yojana from April 15 to May 10, 2015. Pilgrims of 39 districts of the State will go on 9 pilgrimage journeys during the period. There would be about 1,000 seats in each train and Government officers and employees will accompany as escorts with pilgrims. In this regard, Principal Secretary Religious Trusts and Endowment Manoj Shrivastava has sent detailed directives to collectors of Jabalpur, Narsinghpur, Chhindwara, Mandla, Dindori, Guna, Ashok Nagar, Sagar, Rajgarh, Burhanpur, Khandwa, Harda, Barwani, Khargone, Damoh, Katni, Shahdol, Umaria, Shivpuri, Gwalior, Datia, Morena, Bhind, Vidisha, Bhopal, Hoshangabad, Sehore, Raisen, Shajapur, Agar-Malwa, Rewa, Satna, Sidhi, Katni, Singrauli, Panna, Anuppur, Balaghat and Seoni districts.
Pilgrims will go on April 15, 2015 from Jabalpur to Rameshwaram and return on April 20. In this journey, 265 berths have been allotted to Jabalpur, 209 Narsinghpur, 260 Chhindwara, 122 Mandla and 120 berths have been allotted to Dindori. Similarly, in Guna to Puri train on April 16, as many as 265 berths have been allotted to Guna, 249 Ashok Nagar, 261 Sagar and 201 Rajgarh district. From Burhanpur, pilgrims will go to Rameshwaram on April 17 and return on April 22. In this train, 205 berths have been allotted to Burhanpur district, 250 Khandwa, 163 Harda, 160 Barwani and 198 Khagone district.
Pilgrims from Damoh will go to Rameshwaram on April 23 and return on April 28, This train will carry 249 pilgrims from Damoh, 252 Katni, 254 Shahdol and 221 Umaria. On April 24, pilgrims will go from Shivpuri to Rameshwaram and return on April 29. For this journey, 248 seats have been allotted to Shivpuri, 263 Gwalior, 198 Datia, 152 Morena and Bhind 115 berths. On May 1, pilgrims will go from Vidisha to Rameshwaram and return on May 6. In this train, 247 berths have been allotted to Vidisha district, 265 Bhopal, 165 Hoshangabad, 151 Sehore and 148 Raisen. On May 2, pilgrims will go from Guna to Rameshwaram and return on May 7. The pilgrims will include 262 from Guna, Rajgarh 220, Shajapur 265 and Agar-Malwa district 230 pilgrims.
Pilgrims from Rewa will go to Vaishno Devi on May 9 and return on May 14. For this, 251 berths have been reserved for Rewa, 248 Satna, 151 Sidhi, 177 Katni and 149 Singrauli district. On May 10, pilgrims from Satna will go to Rameshwaram and return on May 15. The pilgrims will include 245 from Satna, 165 Panna, 210 Anuppur, 205 Balaghat and 151 Seoni district.