BY TTT NEWS SERVICE
KOLKATA, 16 SEPTEMBER 2022
The union ministry of external affairs has agreed to “expedetiously progress” on the Ramayana Circuit projects.
The Ramayana Circuit includes the major pilgrim sites in India and Nepal that are related to the era of Ramayana, such as Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, where a temple is being built for Lord Ram as well as Janakpur in Nepal, which is believed to be the birth place of Sita, the consort of Lord Ram.
Mr. Bharat Raj Paudyal, the foreign secretary of Nepal is on a two day tour to India. He first met with his Indian counterpart, Mr. Vinay Mokwatra in which the issue of Ramayana circuit was raised during the discussion.
Later, the Nepalaese foregin secretary met with the union minister of external affairs of India,Mr. S.Jaishankar.
In recent months, Mr. Sher Bahadur Deuba, Prime Minister of Nepal visited India in April and Prime Minister of India, Mr. Narendra Modi visited Lumbini in Nepal in May this year.
The Ramayana Circuit is one of the 15 thematic circuits identified for development under the Swadesh Darshan scheme by the ministry of tourism, government of India and Nepal government has also come
forward to take part in it.
RAMAYANA CIRCUIT :
The train will run on the Ramayana Circuit identified under the Swadesh Darshan scheme, covering prominent places associated with the life of Lord Ram.
The 14-coach train, to be run by IRCTC, will have 11 air conditioned three-tier coaches for tourists, along with a pantry car, a restaurant car, and a separate coach for use by the train staff.
The train can accommodate up to 600 tourists.
Ayodhya will be the Bharat Gaurav Train’s first stop, where tourists will visit the Ram Janmabhoomi Temple and the Hanuman temple, besides Bharat Mandir at Nandigram.
The train will then head to Buxar in Bihar, where tourists will visit the hermitage of Vishwamitra and Ramrekha Ghat on the Ganga.
The visit to Ram Janaki temple in Janakpur in Nepal via Jainagar in Bihar’s Madhubani district will follow.
From Janakpur, the train will cross back into India and proceed to Sitamarhi in Bihar, which is believed to have been the birthplace of Sita.
The next stop is Varanasi, where the place Shringverpur, where Ram, Sita and Laxman are believed to have crossed the Ganga, and Chitrakoot by road.
The train will then move west and south — to Nasik for visits to the Trayambakeshwar temple and Panchvati, and then to Krishkindha, Hampi, which is believed to be the birthplace of Lord Hanuman.
The next destination will be Rameshwaram, for visits to the Ramanathaswamy temple and Dhanushkodi.
The train will then head to Bhadrachalam in Telangana, also referred to as the Ayodhya of the South, and end its 8,000-km journey in Delhi.
The other tourism circuits are – Buddhist circle, Coastal circle, Desert circle, Eco circle, Heritage circle, Himalayan circle, Krishna circle, North-East circle, Ramayana circle, Rural circle, Spiritual circle, Sufi circle, Tirthankar circle, Tribal circle and Wildlife circle.
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