IRCTC may start temple booking for Sai devotees

  • | Sunday | 16th September, 2018

The trust can not amend any rules without being asked to do so by the government, Hawre said.“The present system of 60-day advance online darshan booking was introduced after state government’s approval. The trust will take an appropriate decision on the issue after taking the state government and the trust members into confidence,” added Agrawal. Any alterations have to be approved by the state government,” said a senior functionary of the trust.For Shirdi, the trains would ideally be the ones that would pass or terminate at Shirdi. Nashik: The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has mooted a proposal to Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust (SSST) to allow devotees to book their darshan tickets online while booking train tickets from Mumbai to Shirdi, trust chairman Suresh Hawre said.“If all goes well, passengers will have access to booking temple tickets online after booking train tickets to Shirdi,” Hawre added.However, the main stumbling block before the trust is that while train tickets can be booked online 120 days before the journey, the temple trust allows devotee to book online for darshan only 60 days in advance. They include Dadar-Sainagar Shirdi Express, Dadar-Sainagar Shirdi SF Express, and Mumbai CSMT-Sainagar Shirdi passenger.The trust CEO Rubal Agrawal said that senior railway board officials had visited Shirdi recently when they had shared this concept during an informal meeting.“We have asked for a formal proposal from railway board or IRCTC.

Nashik: The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has mooted a proposal to Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust (SSST) to allow devotees to book their darshan tickets online while booking train tickets from Mumbai to Shirdi, trust chairman Suresh Hawre said.“If all goes well, passengers will have access to booking temple tickets online after booking train tickets to Shirdi,” Hawre added.However, the main stumbling block before the trust is that while train tickets can be booked online 120 days before the journey, the temple trust allows devotee to book online for darshan only 60 days in advance. The trust can not amend any rules without being asked to do so by the government, Hawre said.“The present system of 60-day advance online darshan booking was introduced after state government’s approval. Any alterations have to be approved by the state government,” said a senior functionary of the trust.For Shirdi, the trains would ideally be the ones that would pass or terminate at Shirdi. They include Dadar-Sainagar Shirdi Express, Dadar-Sainagar Shirdi SF Express, and Mumbai CSMT-Sainagar Shirdi passenger.The trust CEO Rubal Agrawal said that senior railway board officials had visited Shirdi recently when they had shared this concept during an informal meeting.“We have asked for a formal proposal from railway board or IRCTC. The trust will take an appropriate decision on the issue after taking the state government and the trust members into confidence,” added Agrawal.

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