It is a dream of every devotee to visit Adi Shankaracharya’s Char Dham i.e. Badrinath, Jagannath Puri, Rameshwaram and Dwarkadhish, once in his life time. After the successful operation of the tour in 02 successive years, the train tour is about to be re-operated on this popular pilgrimage circuit by Bharat Gaurav Deluxe AC Tourist Train this May after the opening up of Badrinath dham in the first week of May.
This 17 days tour will start from Delhi Safdarjung Railway Station on May 27, 2025 and will cover the visit of Badrinath including the Badrinath temple, Mana Village (near China border), Narsingha Temple, Joshimath (winter seat of Badri Vishal); Rishikesh; Puri including the revered Jagannath temple, beaches of Puri, Konark Sun Temple and Chandrabhaga beach; Rameshwaram including Ramanathaswamy Temple and Dhanushkodi; Dwarka including Dwarkadhish temple, Nageshwar Jyotirlinga, and Byet Dwarka. Beyond these, the guests shall also be visiting Jyotirlinga temples at Varanasi (Kashi Vishwanath), Pune (Bhimashankar) and Nashik (Trymbakeshwar). Guests will be travelling roughly 8425 Kms in this tour.
Bharat Gaurav Deluxe AC Tourist Train has a host of attractive features including two fine dining restaurants, a modern kitchen, shower cubicles in AC I and II tier coaches, washroom fitted with bio toilets, foot massager etc. The fully air-conditioned train provides three types of accommodation viz. AC I, AC II and AC III. The train has enhanced security features of CCTV cameras in common areas and unarmed Security Guards for each coach.
IRCTC has launched this special tourist train to promote domestic tourism, at an attractive price starting from Rs. 1,35, 870/- per person. Package price covers train journey in respective AC classes, accommodation in 3-star hotels for all classes, all meals on and off the train (vegetarian only), all transfers & sight-seeing in AC vehicles (except hilly areas), travel insurance and services of IRCTC Tour Managers/escorts etc. At present, a total of 150 seats can be booked on this particular departure.
