Every year, thousands of people undertake religious pilgrimages in India. The Indian Railways has launched yet another 'thirtha' special train connecting Ayodhya to Rameswaram to tap into this potential.

Prime minister Narendra Modi flagged off a weekly train connecting the pilgrimage centers of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh and Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, saying both are linked to Lord Rama. "Rameswaram is connected with Lord Rama. And I am happy that a train linking that to Rama's birth place of Ayodhya in the name of Shraddha Sethu has been dedicated to the public," the prime minister said in Rameswaram on Thursday. 

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The train will be known as the Shraddha Sethu Express and will be equipped with bio-toilets, Modi said, adding, this will boost the center's cleanliness campaign. The regular services would be 16793/16794. 

The regular service of the Shraddha Sethu Express will commence on August 6 from Rameswaram and on August 9 from Faizabad. The train will stop at Tiruchchirappalli, Thanjavur, Chennai Egmore, Gudur, Vijaywada, Ballarshah, Nagpur, Itarsi, Jabalpur, Allahabad, Jaunpur and Ayodhya.

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