Northern Railway spokesperson Deepak Kumar said that “Seat number 64 in coach B5 was reserved and left vacant for the deity,”
New Delhi: In the newly launched Kashi Mahakal Express has been converted into a mini temple with pictures of Lord Shiva, garlands, decorations, and a puja thali, seat number 64 of coach B5.
In the third private train started by the IRCTC, which was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, one seat has been reserved solely for Lord Shiva.
Further mulling the railway’s authorities if they should make a reserved seat for the “Bhole Baba” a permanent feature of the train. The offering prayers at the seat on auspicious days and occasions will also be considered.
Kashi Mahakal Express connects to Omkareshwar (near Indore), Mahakaleshwar (Ujjain) and Kashi Vishwanath (Varanasi) Jyotirlingas. It will start plying regularly from February 20.
Northern Railway spokesperson Deepak Kumar said that “Seat number 64 in coach B5 was reserved and left vacant for the deity,”.
“For the first time, a seat has been reserved and left vacant for the deity Lord Shiva. Even a temple has been created on the seat to make people aware that the seat is reserved for the Lord Mahakal in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain,” Kumar said.
Kumar said a decision whether to make this a permanent fixture of the train is yet to be taken.
The light devotional music, two dedicated private guards in every coach and only vegetarian food will be served these are some of the new features of the fully 3-AC service that will run thrice a week between Varanasi and Indore.
The train will travel 1,131 km between Varanasi and Indore via Lucknow and a distance of 1,102 km between Varanasi and Indore via Prayagraj in approximately 19 hours.
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