Patna. The Astha Circuit Bharat Darshan train was flagged off from Munger station by Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (ICTC) on Sunday morning with the chants of Jai Shri Ram, Jai Tirupati Balaji. A coach of the train has been given the form of a temple. The idols of God have been kept on the side upper berth. Passenger bhajan kirtan started as soon as the Aastha Circuit train opened. Travelers traveling through Aastha Circuit will visit pilgrimage sites like Rameshwaram, Tirupati Vala Ji, Kanyakumari, Madurai.
Senior supervisors Manish Kumar and Dipankar Manna told from the railway side that they got full response from those traveling by train. The train opened from Munger at 7 am on the scheduled time. Three hundred pilgrims boarded from Munger. A total of 620 passengers traveled by train. All the pilgrims traveling by Aastha Circuit train were welcomed by garlanding IRCTC. The members of IRCTC welcomed the pilgrims who arrived from 5 am in the morning.