KATHMANDU, JUNE 23
Shri Ramayana Yatra "Bharat Gaurav" Tourist Train with 14 coaches and 500 religious tourists onboard has reached Janakpurdham this afternoon at 1:30 PM.
The train was jointly flagged off from New Delhi on 21 June by the Minister of Railways and Minister of Tourism of India.
It is a first of its kind tourist train covering the Ramayana Circuit in India and Nepal.
The inauguration of the train connecting Jaynagar in India to Kurtha in Nepal was jointly marked by Prime Ministers of India and Nepal on 02 April 2022.
Notable parties from Nepal and India, including Chief Minister of Madhesh Pradesh Shri Lalbabu Raut, Minister of Industry, Tourism and Forest of Madhesh Pradesh Shri Shatrughan Mahato, Mayor of Janakpurdham Shri Manoj Kumar Shah, General Manager of Nepal Railways Shri Niranjan Jha, Counsellor of Embassy of India in Kathmandu Shri Prasanna Srivastava and Consul General of India in Birgunj Shri Nitesh Kumar, welcomed the tourists from India onboard Bharat Gaurav train at Janakpurdham Railway station.
Other prominent personalities included local political representatives, officials, businessmen, journalists and members of civil society, among others.
The tourists will visit Janaki temple and participate in a cultural programme in the temple's premises and in Ganga Aarti.
The tourists will visit Janakpurdham and proceed to Sitmarhi by road for onward journey on the Ramayana Circuit route by Bharat Gaurav Train tomorrow.
