The senior citizens of the State will be taken on a tour of religious places in the month of November under the Chhattisgarh Mukhyamantri Teerthyatra Yojana (Chief Minister Pilgrimage Scheme), officials stated.
There will be four tours for senior citizens in the month of November. The Directorate of Social Welfare, Raipur, in a tour programme said that 566 senior citizens of Janjgir-Champa and 434 from Korba districts will visit Vaishnodevi,Jammu, Raghunath Mandir and Baghebahu . The religious tour will be of 7-day duration. The boarding stations will be Korba and Champa on November 5.
As per scheduled programme 229 pilgrims from Koriya, 252 senior citizens from Surajpur district, 230 from Balrampur district and 289 citizens from Surguja district will go on a five-day pilgrimage tour to Prayag, Kashi-Vishwanath and Hanuman Mandir . The tour will begin on November 14 from Ambikapur. The boarding stations are Surajpur Road and Baikuntpur Road.
About 766 senior citizens from Bilaspur district and 234 pilgrims from Mungeli district will go on a four-day religious tour to Mathura, Janmabhoomi, Vrindavan. The tour will begin on November 21 from Bilaspur railway station.About 1,000 pilgrims from all the districts of the State will visit Sravanbelagola, Bataraka Mutt Chandragiri. The five-day religious tour will begin on November 27 from Bilaspur. The boarding stations also include Raipur, Durg and Rajnandgaon.