{"id":2710,"date":"2013-12-29T11:44:44","date_gmt":"2013-12-29T11:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eeshavasyam.com\/myblog\/?p=2710"},"modified":"2014-01-04T14:48:36","modified_gmt":"2014-01-04T14:48:36","slug":"a-new-tain-that-connects-many-pilgrim-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/eeshavasyam.com\/myblog\/a-new-tain-that-connects-many-pilgrim-places\/","title":{"rendered":"A new tain that connects many pilgrim places"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite hundreds of its assurances remain unimplemented the Indian Railways is famous for giving silent surprises every now and then with new trains. One such surprise is introduction of a weekly train that connects oceans of South and West of India. \u00a0Train number 11017\/11018 which runs between Loka Manya Tilak Terminus (LTT) and Karaikal (KIK) was inaugurated on 30, Oct 2013.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Train departs on every Saturday at 12.05 from Mumbai and Monday at 14:00 from Karaikal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Through out its journey this train stops at various places (or some nearby stations) of religious interest. I would like to call it &#8220;Maadhva Express&#8221; for these reasons.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This train has made journey from Mantralayam to Kumbhakonam very easy.\u00a0 (Major reason \ud83d\ude09 )<\/li>\n<li>Travel in this train to reach these places\n<ul>\n<li>Alight at Pune (PUNE) and go to Moola Vrindavana of Sri Varadendra Teertharu<\/li>\n<li>Alight at Solapur (SUR) and go to Pandharapura (By Rail or Road)<\/li>\n<li>Alight at Mantralayam Road (MALM) and go to Mantralaya (By Road)<\/li>\n<li>Alight at Guntakal Junction (GTL) and go to Chippagiri to have Darshana of Sri Vijayadasaru<\/li>\n<li>Alight at Renigunta Junction (RU) and go to Tirupati (Should I tell this really)<\/li>\n<li>Alight at Arrakkonam Junction (AJJ) and go to Ghatikachala (by Rail or Road)<\/li>\n<li>Alight at Villupuram Junction (VM) and go to Trivikrama Temple at Tirukkovilur (by Road or Rail)<\/li>\n<li>Alight at Chidambaram (CDM) and go to Srimushnam or Bhuvanagiri or Vridhachalam (all places are important for devotees of Rayaru)<\/li>\n<li>Alight at Mailaduturai Junction (MV) and go to Kumbhakonam.<\/li>\n<li>Alight at Tiruvaroor Junction (TVR) and go to Mannargudi or Tanjavoor or Srirangam. (Train diverts its route to extreme east and goes to Karaikal via Nagapattinam)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Don&#8217;t think that you can make out these many places at a single stretch. This train is however helpful if you belong to any of the above place and willing to reach any of the above places.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Extra Snippets:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is a mail\/express train.<\/li>\n<li>There is no pantry car attached in train, however catering service is available all along the journey.<\/li>\n<li>There are few technical halts along with 29 commercial halts for this train.<\/li>\n<li>It runs on an average of\u00a0 53KM\/Hr speed.<\/li>\n<li>Coach position : SLR-GEN-GEN-GEN-S1-S2-S3-S4-S5-S6-B2-B1-A1-GEN-GEN-GEN-SLR-LOCO (may subject to change without prior notice)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Watch the inaugural run of this train here<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6Tb4zG77GQA\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite hundreds of its assurances remain unimplemented the Indian Railways is famous for giving silent&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/eeshavasyam.com\/myblog\/a-new-tain-that-connects-many-pilgrim-places\/\">Read the post<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A new tain that connects many pilgrim places<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[112,113,111,114,110],"class_list":["post-2710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-rail-fanning","tag-chennai-to-mumbai","tag-kumbakonam-to-mantralayam","tag-mantralayam-road","tag-pune","tag-train","post_format-post-format-video","excerpt","zoom","full-without-featured","even","excerpt-0"],"views":1700,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eeshavasyam.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Mantralayam_Road_Railway_Station.jpg?fit=3648%2C2736","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4663,"url":"http:\/\/eeshavasyam.com\/myblog\/blr-new-train\/","url_meta":{"origin":2710,"position":0},"title":"\u0cac\u0cc6\u0c82\u0c97\u0cb3\u0cc2\u0cb0\u0cbf\u0c97\u0cc6 \u0cb9\u0cca\u0cb8 \u0c9f\u0ccd\u0cb0\u0cc8\u0ca8\u0cc1 \u0cb6\u0cc1\u0cb0\u0cc1\u0cb5\u0cbe\u0caf\u0cbf\u0ca4\u0ccb \u0c85\u0ca5\u0cb5\u0cbe \u0cb0\u0cc8\u0cb2\u0cc1 \u0cac\u0cbf\u0c9f\u0ccd\u0c9f\u0cbf\u0cb0\u0ccb \u0cae\u0ca4\u0ccd\u0ca4\u0cca\u0cae\u0ccd\u0cae\u0cc6?","author":"\u0cb0\u0c98\u0cc1","date":"March 9, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\u0caa\u0ccd\u0cb0\u0ca4\u0cc0 \u0cb8\u0cb2\u0cb5\u0cc2 \u0c95\u0cb0\u0ccd\u0ca8\u0cbe\u0c9f\u0c95\u0ca6\u0cb5\u0cb0\u0cc7 \u0c88 \u0cb0\u0cc0\u0ca4\u0cbf\u0caf \u0c85\u0ca8\u0ccd\u0caf\u0cbe\u0caf\u0c95\u0ccd\u0c95\u0cc6 \u0c92\u0cb3\u0c97\u0cbe\u0c97\u0cac\u0cc7\u0c95\u0cc7? 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