The new tourist package, ‘Sabarimala Yatra’ Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train, will depart from Secunderabad railway station. It will cover the famous Lord Ayyappa Temple at Sabarimala and the Chottanikkara Devi Temple. The train will stop at key stations, including Nalgonda, Piduguralla, Guntur, Tenali, Ongole, Nellore, Gudur, Renigunta, Tirupati, and Chittoor in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, according to South Central Railway (SCR) General Manager, Arun Kumar Jain.
Free travel facility will be provided to two Guru Swamies, two cooks, Manikantha Swamies below 12 years and one attendant. The travel is free for the Guruswamy who books the Sabarimala yatra bus.