First Bharat Gaurav train Divya Dakshin Yatra with Jyotirlinga chugs off

Hyderabad: First Bharat Gaurav train Divya Dakshin Yatra with Jyotirlinga began's its journey from Secunderabad Railway Station on Wednesday.

According to SCR officials,this train will be covering important tourist places in the southern states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala having stoppages at both Telugu states. The Divya Dakshin Yatra with Jyotirlinga offers an opportunity for rail passengers of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to have darshan of one of the Jyotirlinga (Rameshwaram), while also covering important pilgrim and tourist places at Tiruvannamalai (Arunachalam), Madurai, Kanyakumari, Trivandrum, Trichy and Thanjavur.

The train provides boarding and de-boarding facility for passengers at Secunderabad, Kazipet, Warangal and Khammam in Telangana as well as Vijayawada, Tenali, Ongole, Nellore, Gudur and Renigunta in Andhra Pradesh.The trip will be covered over a period of 8 nights / 9 days and includes rail as well as road transport, accommodation, catering arrangements, tour escorts, and travel insurance among other facilities. The IRCTC has already announced more trips in the new Southern Circuit and trips will be starting on August 23 and September 5,said a senior officer,SCR.