Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) Organises Special Pilgrimage Tours by Chartered Train Coaches to Various Destinations including Sabarimalai

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has introduced special pilgrimage package tours by chartered train coaches to Sabarimalai, Rameswaram, Varanasi, Delhi-Agra-Jaipur-Mathura-Vrindavan; Gaya, Prayaga.

 The package tours include confirmed reservation in trains, hotel accommodation and road transport with guide. The tours offer a very convenient and comfortable option for the pilgrim traffic, particularly benefiting a hassle free travel to pilgrim destinations like Sabarimalai, Varanasi etc. Yet another attraction is a discount of 5% being given by IRCTC o­n counter bookings for these packages. The schedule of the tour packages is as follows:-

        The four nights / five days Secunderabad-Sabarimalai PilgrimagePackage Tour (Comfort and Budget category) which will be operated during 15^thNovember 2014 and 20^thJanuary 2015 from Secunderabad will cost Rs. 4178/- per person. Visiting sites include Vaikom, Kaduthuruthy & Ettumannor Temples, Sabarimalai Ayyappa Darshan & Abhishekham, Village back-water cruise etc. Andhra food is included in off board service.

The four nights / five days Vijayawada-Sabarimalai PilgrimagePackage Tour (Comfort and Budget category) will be operated during 15^thNovember and 10^th January 2015 from Vijayawada. Visiting sites include Vaikom, Kaduthuruthy & Ettumannor Temples, Sabarimalai Ayyappa Darshan & Abhishekham, Village back-water cruise, Guruvayoor, Elephant Yard, Mammiyur Temple, Hanuman Temple & Vadakumnathan Temple. Andhra food is included in off board service.

The five nights / six days Secunderabad-Rameswaram PilgrimagePackage Tour (Comfort and Budget category) which starts o­n 13^thAugust, 2014, 20^th August, 2014 and 17^th September, 2014 from Secunderabad will cost Rs. 7581/- per person. Visiting sites include Ramanathaswamy Temple, Kothandaramar Temple, Dhanushkodi Beach, Panchmukhi Hanuman Temple, Lakshmana Threetham, Ram Kund, Ramar Padam, Pampan Bridge at Rameswaram; Kumari Amman Temple, three Seas confluence point, Vivekananda Rock Memorial, Thiruvalluvar Statue, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Mandpam inKanniyakumari; Nagarcoil Temple, Suchindram Temple, Padmanabhapuram palace, Madurai Meenakshi Amman Templeand Thirumalai Nayakkar Mahal in Madurai.

The five nights / six days Secunderabad-Varanasi PilgrimagePackage Tour (Comfort and Budget category) which starts o­n 8^th August, 2014 and 15^th August, 2014 from Secunderabad will cost Rs. 7381/- per person.

Visiting sites include Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Birla Mandir, Sankata Mochan, Tulasi Manasa Mandir, Durga Mandir & Bharat Mata Mandir, Ganga aarthi pooja, Kashi Visalakshi Temple, Annapoorni Temple, Ramnagar Fort, Sarnat, Triveni Sangam Snan-the Ganga, Yamuna and the Mythical Saraswati, Hanuman Garhi, Pataalpuri Mandir, Anand Bhavan, Swaraj Bhavan, Museum & Kusroo Bage.

The seven nights / eight days Secunderabad-Golden Triangle of North India PilgrimagePackage Tour (Comfort category) which starts o­n 5^th September 2014 from Secunderabad will cost Rs. 15507/- per person. Visiting sites include Delhi (Qutub Minar, Lotus Temple, Red Fort, Raj Ghat, India Gate, Akshardham Temple, Jama Masjid if time permits; Jaipur(Hawa Mahal, Jantar Mantar, Amer Fort. If time permits, visit City Palace); Ajmer & Pushkar; Agra (Taj Mahal, Agra Fort & Ram Bagh) & Fatehpur Sikri. Mathura (Dwarikadhish Temple, SriKrishna Janmasthan, Krishna Balaram Mandir & Government Museum) & Vrindavan (Prem Mandir).

Government employees can avail these packages under LTC.

Contact details:

Secunderabad-9701360701 / 715 / 729, 9701360647 / 648 / 653 / 697 / 698,

040-27702407, 040-23400606.

Vijayawada: 0866-2572280, 9701360602.

Tirupati: 0877-2222010, 9701360675.

Website: http://www.irctctourism.com