Indian Railways introduces ‘Aastha Special Trains’ to Ayodhya, Pilgrims rejoice as travel made easy – See pics

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To cater the influx of devotees, the Indian Railways is running ‘Aastha special trains’ after the Ram Temple consecration ceremony which happened last month. At present, railways is running over 200 Aastha special trains from various cities and tier 1 and tier 2 towns. Let’s dive into the journey of these special trains which operate from different parts of the country

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Devotees chant slogans during the departure of the first special ‘Aastha’ train for Ayodhya, at Jammu Railway station (Image/PTI)

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Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis with other leaders during the departure of the first special ‘Aastha’ train for Ayodhya at CSMT in Mumbai (Image/PTI)

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Devotees onboard Aastha special train at Assam’s Nalbari (Image/@jayanta_malla)

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Chittorgarh MLA Chandrabhan Singh Aakya onboard Aastha special train in Rajasthan( Image/@mlacbsaakya)