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The Uttarakhand Tourism Department in collaboration with Indian Railways will launch ‘Manaskhand Corridor Yatra’ next week to popularize the ancient temples of the Kumaon region, officials said on Saturday. District Tourism Officer Kirti Chand Arya said that a special train will be run from April 22 from Pune to Tanakpur in Pithoragarh district for the yatra.
The train will carry over 600 pilgrims in two batches to the famous temples of ‘Manaskhand’, a phrase used in ancient Hindu texts to refer to the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand.
DTO said that the tour package of Manaskhand temples will be for 7 days and 6 nights.
Pilgrims will have to deboard the train at Khatima, about a km from Tanakpur, from where they will be taken to the temples by road, he said.
Arya said, a train will start from Pune on April 22 and reach Khatima on April 24.
He said that another train carrying pilgrims will start from Pune on April 24 and reach Khatima on April 26.
Khatima has been chosen as the last stop because it has better facilities like hotels compared to Tanakpur, the official said.
He said that under the tour package, the devotees will be taken to the temples and other religious places of Tanakpur, Champawat, Pithoragarh and Almora and will be given information about the mythological importance of these temples.
Visit Baleshwar, Maneshwar and Mayawati temples in Champawat, Haat Kalika, Patal Bhuvaneshwar temple in Pithoragarh, Jageshwar and Golu Devta temples in Chitai, Nanda Devi, Kasar Devi, Katarmal in Almora, Nanakmatta Sahib Gurudwara in Udham Singh Nagar and Naina Devi Temple in Nainital. are part of the itinerary for pilgrims in.
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