KOLKATA: Eastern Railway and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) on Thursday announced the Jyotirlinga Yatra, which will start on May 20 from Kolkata station.
“The special IRCTC train will cover five Jyotirlinga shrines – Omkareswar, Mahakaleswar, Somnath, Nageswar and Trimbakeshwar – along with the Statue of Unity, Shirdi Sai Baba and Shani Shingnapur,” said Zafar Azam, IRCTC’s group general manager (GGM), eastern zone.
The tour of 11 nights and 12 days will stop at Bandel, Burdwan, Santiniketan, Rampurhat, Pakur, Sahibganj, Kahalgaon, Bhagalpur, Jamalpur, Kiul, Barauni, Samastipur, Muzaffarpur, Hajipur, Patliputra, Ara, Buxar, Pt Deen Dayal Upadhay junction and Prayagraj Chheoki. “One may board from and alight at any of these stations,” said Soumitra Majumdar, principal chief commercial manager, ER.
