Under the Chhattisgarh Mukhyamantri Teerathyatra Scheme, as per the set programme for the year 2013-14, 14,000 people from the State have been included in the pilgrimage of religiously important places of the country, in the third phase. In the third phase, there would be fourteen visits of 1,000 pilgrims each.
Under this scheme run by the Social Welfare Department of the State Government, 566 people from Janjgir-Champa district and 434 from Korba district will leave for a four-day pilgrimage to Shirdi, Shanisignapur and Triyambkeshwar from Korba. For this yatra, the pilgrims can board the train from Champa railway station also.
With a view to provide Government assistance to senior citizens above 60 years for pilgrimage, the social welfare department of the Government has started the Chhattisgarh Mukhyamantri Teerathyatra scheme since January 15, 2013. So far, about 44,000 of the State have visited important pilgrimages of the country.
Officers of the social welfare department on Monday said that 687 people from Rajnandgaon district and 313 from Kabirdham district would leave for a four-day pilgrimage to Prayag and Kashi from Rajnandgaon on September 7. Similarly, 89 people from Narayanpur district, 379 from Kondagaon and 532 from Kanker district will leave for a four-day visit of Ujjain and Omkareshwar from Raipur on September 13 and 776 people from Bilaspur district and 234 from Mungeli district will leave for Madhura and Vrindavan from Bilaspur on September 19.
653 people from Raipur and 347 from Balodabazar district will leave from Shirdi, Shanisignapur and Triyambkeshwar from Raipur on September 25. They said that 687 pilgrims from Rajnandgaon district and 313 from Kabirdham would leave for a five-day visit to Bodhgaya, Sarnath and Nalanda from Rajnandgaon on September 15; 653 persons from Raipur district and 347 from Balodabazar will leave for Dwarika, Somnath and Nageshwar on September 22; 414 from Mahasamund, 246 from Gariyaband and 340 from Dhamtari will leave for Ujjain and Omkareshwar on September 30 from Raipur.
As per the programme, 571 people from Durg district, 188 from Bemethara and 241 from Balod district will leave for Vaishnodevi and Jammu on October 6 from Durg; 89 from Narayanpur, 379 from Kondagaon and 532 from Kanker district will leave for Prayag and Kashi on October 15; 505 from Bastar, 170 from Dantewada, 166 from Bijapur and 159 from Sukma will leave for Madhura and Vrindavan and 766 from Bilaspur and 234 from Mungeli district will leave for Puri and Bhuvneshar.