Union Minister for Food Processing Industry Harsimrat Kaur Badal will flag off pilgrim special train, ‘Dham Special with Dakshin Darshan’ on Monday from Chandigarh railway station.
The train will leave for Ujjain via lucknow and reach back after 18 days pilgrimage on November 13.
“Union Government has decided to run tourist trains covering pilgrim destinations and tourist spots in the country that will carry passengers as tourists only,” said Harsimrat.
She said that the special train will touch pilgrim destinations at Faizabad, Ayodhaya, Varanasi, Mughalsarai, Puri, Tirupati, Kanchipuram, Rameshwaram, Kanyakumari, Aurangabad, Dwarka and Ujjain.
Harsimrat, Bathinda MP, said that Indian Railways has entrusted Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) with the task of running pilgrim special trains for various destinations in the country to promote rail tourism and provide reasonably priced package to tourists.