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Ramayana Express

The Indian Railways will run a special tourist train called the Shri Ramayana Express from March 28th to May 15th to sites related to Lord Ram. The train will have 10 coaches, including 5 sleeper class and 5 AC class coaches. It will travel over 16 days and 17 nights, visiting major religious sites in India associated with the Ramayana such as Ayodhya, Sitamarhi, Varanasi, and Rameswaram. In addition to domestic travel, an optional 3-night extension to Sri Lanka is available to visit additional Ramayana-related sites there for an additional cost. Vegetarian meals and accommodation will be provided to passengers on the tour.

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Ramayana Express

The Indian Railways will run a special tourist train called the Shri Ramayana Express from March 28th to May 15th to sites related to Lord Ram. The train will have 10 coaches, including 5 sleeper class and 5 AC class coaches. It will travel over 16 days and 17 nights, visiting major religious sites in India associated with the Ramayana such as Ayodhya, Sitamarhi, Varanasi, and Rameswaram. In addition to domestic travel, an optional 3-night extension to Sri Lanka is available to visit additional Ramayana-related sites there for an additional cost. Vegetarian meals and accommodation will be provided to passengers on the tour.

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The railways will run a special tourist train for those wishing to go on a

pilgrimage of sites associated with Lord Ram from March 28, the IRCTC said on
Wednesday.

The special train-- Shri Ramayana Express -- will have ten coaches which include
five sleeper class non-AC coaches and five AC 3 tier coaches.

The booking will purely be on first come first take basis, it said.

A similar tourism train on this circuit was introduced last year with only sleeper
class coaches which was a tremendous success. The response of the general public
was such that all the available seats were booked in merely seven days.

Shri Ramayana Express will commence its journey from Delhi on March 28.

The interested tourists may board the train from - Delhi Safdarjung, Ghaziabad,
Moradabad, Bareily and Lucknow.

In a 16 nights -17 days tour, passengers will be visiting the tourists places
associated with Lord Ram also known as the 'Ramayana Circuit of India'.

Major places covered in this journey are Ram Janmbhoomi and Hanuman Garhi at
Ayodhya, Bharat Mandir at Nandigram, Sita Mata Mandir at Sitamarhi (Bihar), and
Janakpur (Nepal), Tulsi Manas Mandir and Sankat Mochan Mandir at Varanasi, Sita
Samahit Sthal at Sitamarhi (UP), Triveni Sangam, Hanuman Mandir and Bharadwaj
Ashram at Prayag, Shringi Rishi Mandir at Shringverpur, Ramghat and Sati Anusuiya
Mandir at Chitrakoot, Panchvati at Nasik, Anjanadri Hill and Hanuman Janm Sthal at
Hampi and Jyotirlinga Shiva Mandir at Rameshwaram.

The tourists will be offered pure vegetarian meals, accommodation and wash and
change facilities in dharmashala (SL Class booking travellers) or hotels (AC Class
booking travellers), all transfers and sight-seeing arrangements by non-AC buses
and a dedicated tour manager of IRCTC will be travelling with them during the
entire tour.

Considering the 'Navratra' period, food served to the travellers will be cooked
without onion and garlic. Fasting food will also be available for the tourists
including Sabudana Khichdi, fruits, curd and potato chat, IRCTC said.

Interested tourists may opt SL Class package at a cost of ₹16,065 per person,
whereas the AC Class package will cost ₹26,775 per person.

Further, to cover the tourist places of Ramayana Circuit of Sri Lanka along with
the Indian Ramayana Circuit, an add-on tour to Sri Lanka has been launched with
limited 40 seats.

Those interested to travel in both these circuits will be required to de-board the
Ramayana Express Tourist Train on the 15th day at Chennai on April 11, from where
they will be taken on a flight in economy class by the Sri Lankan Airlines to
Colombo.

The tourists will be offered three nights stay in Sri Lanka at Kandy, Nuwara Eliya
and Negombo. This Sri Lankan leg will be charged additionally at ₹37,800 per
person.

This leg of the journey includes Sita Mata Mandir, Ashok Vatika, Vibhishana Temple
and the famous Shiva Temple at Munneshwaram - Munnavari and much more, it said.

The return journey will be booked by flight in economy class from Colombo to Delhi.
The tourists will reach Delhi on April 15, IRCTC added.

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