TNN Sep 1, 2011, 06.13am IST
BANGALORE: Here's your chance to soak in Dasara festivities from Mysore to Kolkata. A special tourist train will be operated from Mysore to Kolkata to enable tourists participate in the Dasara.
The train, to be run by the Indian Railway Catering Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), will leave Mysore on September 29 and cover famous tourist hotspots like Darjeeling, Gangtok, Puri and Konark during the 11-day package tour.
The package will cover the resplendent sight of sunrise at Tiger Hill and Ghoom Monastry in Darjeeling and Baba Mandir and Tsangu lake in Gangtok, an IRCTC release said on Wednesday.
The package, priced at Rs 11,750 per person, will also cover Dasara celebrations, Fort William and Howrah bridge in Kolkata and Jagannath temple in Puri and Sun Temple in Konark, IRCTC added.
The package will include accommodation and food during train journey and at sight seeing places.
Source: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-01/bangalore/29953406_1_dasara-mysore-irctc