Kumar Bahukhandi
The state Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai will flag off a special train from Raipur to Ayodhya temple having an aim of provide the state’s devotees an opportunity for Shri Ram’s Darshan on Tuesday July 15, 2025 -File Photo .
With the initiative of Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, ‘Shri Ramlala Darshan Yojana’ is coming true.
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*Historical initiative of faith and cultural consciousness in the silver jubilee year of State Chhattisgarh
*With the initiative of Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, ‘Shri Ramlala Darshan Yojana’ is coming true – Historical initiative of faith and cultural consciousness in the silver jubilee year of the State
*Special train will leave from Raipur on July 15, 2025 . Chief Minister Sai will flag off the train by showing off a green flag .
Raipur : In the silver jubilee year of the establishment of Chhattisgarh state, with the initiative of Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, ‘Shri Ramlala Darshan Yojana’ is getting connected to the lives of people.
Under this scheme, the first special train of the financial year 2025-26 will leave for Ayodhya Dham from Raipur Railway Station on July 15, 2025. On this auspicious occasion, Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai himself will flag off this special Darshan Yatra by giving a green signal .
Ministers, MPs, MLAs and other public representatives, Chairman of Chhattisgarh Tourism Board Neelu Sharma, Managing Director Vivek Acharya, senior officers and DRM of South East-Central Railway Raipur Division Dayanand, Senior DCM Awadhesh Trivedi and Group General Manager of IRCTC – South Central Zone Mr. P. Rajkumar will also be present on the occasion of departure of this train carrying devotees of Raipur Division.
It is worth mentioning that that an important agreement (MoU) was signed between Chhattisgarh Tourism Board and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) on 23 February 2024 with the aim of providing an opportunity to the people of the state to visit Ayodhya Dham of Lord Shri Ram Lala once in their lifetime.
In the series of implementation of the said MoU, the scheme was formally started with the devotees of Raipur Division on 5 March 2024, when Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai flagged off the first special train from Raipur Railway Station in the dignified presence of senior ministers and public representatives.
After this, on March 11, a special train for the devotees of Bilaspur division was flagged off by Deputy Chief Minister Arun Saw. In the same sequence, on June 19, the special train of Surguja division was inaugurated by MP Chintamani Maharaj in the presence of MLAs and public representatives. On June 26, the first special train of Durg and Bastar (joint) division, which included 850 devotees, left for Ayodhya from Durg railway station. On all these occasions, great enthusiasm and faith was seen among the devotees. Also, media representatives, common citizens, officers and employees of the district administration, representatives of Chhattisgarh Tourism Board and IRCTC were present in large numbers.
It is worth mentioning that that in the last financial year, about 22,100 devotees got the opportunity to visit Ayodhya Dham under the ‘Shri Ramlala Darshan Yojana’. Under the scheme, special weekly trains will continue to regularly take devotees from Raipur, Bilaspur, Surguja and Durg-Bastar (joint) divisions to Ayodhya Dham for darshan of Shri Ram Lalla.
This initiative of Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai is not only strengthening the religious faith, but is also giving a place of pride to the cultural consciousness of Chhattisgarh.
