The Social Welfare Department has issued the tour schedule for the pilgrimage to various destinations under the Chief Minister Pilgrimage Scheme from April to September 2015, officials stated. About 26000 pilgrims are expected to take part in the pilgrimage this time round who will be visiting 26 pilgrimage centres across the country.
According to the schedule, a total of 414 pilgrims from Mahasamund, 246 pilgrims of Gariyabandh, 340 pilgrims of Dhamtari district would be leaving for tourism to Shirdi, Shanisignapur and Triambakeshwar from April 6 for four days. Similarly, 89 pilgrims from Narayanpur, 379 from Kondagaon and 532 from Kanker district will go on pilgrimage to Ujjain, Omkareshwar and Maheshwar for four days from April 12.
Similarly, a total of 571 pilgrims from Durg district, 188 from Bemetara and 241 from Balod district will be visiting places like Haridwar, Rishikesh and Bharat Mata Mandir for five days from Durg on April 18. A total of 687 pilgrims from Rajnandgaon, 505 from Bastar and 170 from Dantewada and 166 from Bijapur and 159 from Sukma will go on pilgrimage to Puri, Bhubaneswar and Konkar on four day pilgrimage on May 3 from Raipur.
A total of 566 pilgrims from Janjgir-Champa, 434 from Korba district will visit Baijnath Dhaam, Bajrangbali Temple and Anukulan Thakurji's temple on three day from May 9 from Korba . A total of 630 pilgrims from Raigarh, 370 from Jashpur will go on pilgrimage to Vaishnodevi, Raghunath Temple and Bagbahu on May 14. They will leave from Raigarh station. Around 1000 pilgrims from all districts of state will go on pilgrimage to Amristar Golden Temple, Vaishnavmata Mandir and Bagha border for five days on May 23 from Bilaspur district.
There will be another 1000 pilgrims from all districts of the State who will go on pilgrimage to Ajmer Sharif, Pushkar, Agra (Chisti ki Dargah) on pilgrimage from Rajnandgaon in which other boarding station will be Durg, Raipur and Bilaspur.