IRCTC's Buddhist Blog

Planning to visit Bodhgaya, the place where Buddhism began? Just get on the special train by IRCTC called the Buddhist Circuit Tourist Train and explore all the places related to Buddha’s life. To get started, open the official website here  www.irctcbuddhisttrain.com . On the homepage, you’ll see a ‘Book Now’ button in the top right corner. Click on it and the ‘Book Your Ticket’ page will appear. To continue with your  Bodhgaya tour package  booking, first select the boarding and deboarding stations, your tour date, class and total number of guests. If you want to check the fare once, click on fare and to see the number of seats available for that particular journey, hit availability. Once you’re satisfied with the fare breakup, click on ‘Book Now’. In the next step, you can choose the currency you want to pay in, INR or US dollar. After selecting your preferred currency, log in to your pre-existing IRCTC account. New users can sign up by filling all the relevant detail...

India is the land of Buddhism and the entire subcontinent is dotted with important sites that hold special significance for its devotees. The religion teaches its followers to perform good and wholesome actions that can help in purifying and training the mind. Millions of people undertake a religious pilgrimage to pay their tribute to Lord Buddha and come closer to their spiritual goals. soul. This is because, in the Mahaparinirvana sutra, Buddha once told his followers that they can attain merit and a noble rebirth by going on a pilgrimage to important Buddhist pilgrimage sites such as Lumbini, Bodhgaya, Sarnath and Kushinagar. For the longest time, there was no journey that the followers of Buddhism could undertake to visit all the places associated with the life and times of Lord Buddha. Keeping this in mind, The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) introduced a Buddhist Circuit Tourist Train that takes passengers on an 8 days/7 nights spiritual journey, ...