Bhubaneswar: A special Aastha train was flagged off by BJP Odisha unit president Manmohan Samal at Odisha’s Bhubaneswar railway station for Ayodhya on Tuesday morning.
The Bhubaneswar-Darshan Nagar (Ayodhya) Astha Special Train (No-08498) began its journey at around 6.15 am on Tuesday from platform No-6 at Bhubaneswar railway station.
The special train is carrying 1400 pilgrims to Ayodha for the darshan of Ram Lalla at the newly inaugurated Ram Mandir there.
It is worth mentioning here that the consecration of the Ram Lalla idol at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh was done by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 22 this year.