A Hindu god now has a reserved seat on an Indian Railways train

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A Hindu god now has a reserved seat on an Indian Railways train
February 17, 2020

By Manavi Kapur

Culture and lifestyle reporter

Indian Railways may just have taken the idea of pilgrimage tourism a little too seriously.

It made a reservation yesterday (Feb. 16)—seat number 64 in coach B5—for the Hindu god Shiva on the 82401 Kashi Mahakal Express. The train was launched yesterday by prime minister Narendra Modi from the ancient holy city of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh to connect two other major religious sites dedicated to feral deity.


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Varanasi: Seat number 64 of coach B5 in Kashi Mahakal Express (Varanasi-Indore) has been turned into a mini-temple of Lord Shiva. The train was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video conferencing yesterday.



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The train connects Varanasi to Indore and Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh. “Even a temple has been drawn on the seat to make people aware that the seat is reserved for the Lord Mahakal in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain,” Northern Railways spokesperson Deepak Kumar told Press Trust of India.


Remotely flagged off by Modi, it is India’s third privately-run train.

Keeping with its religious nature, passengers on the train will be served only vegetarian food, while devotional music will be played on board regularly. One-way journey from Varanasi to Indore will cost Rs1,951 ($27.3), inclusive of four meals.

Social media was quick to react to the launch.


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How can Railways do it? I mean how can they not have a pujari seat reserved?
And what about Nandi? And Ganesh? He comes first.
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One parliamentarian from the opposition took the opportunity to remind Modi of the tenets of equality and secularism enshrined in the constitution.


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[KAL-EL]

The god of speed should also take top priority

 

[Clutch]

I hope he is given a 1st class seat... Not one filled with those 3rd class poverty stricken folks.

 

[Asimzranger]

Taken for a ride given whole new meaning

 

[Yaseen1]

True GOD ALMIGHTY not depends on human made trains and other objects

 

[newb3e]

I hope he is given a 1st class seat... Not one filled with those 3rd class poverty stricken folks.

is hindu god brahmin?

 

[Sheikh Rauf]

Thats sad no value of hindu god only one seat with public they sud give him some respect.
jis kay karipiya say train mili
akhir us ko bhi us mein aik seat mili

 

[KAL-EL]

True GOD ALMIGHTY not depends on human made trains and other objects

Amen !!

 

[PakSword]

As a secular state, India should also give space to Muslims to pray.

 

[El Sidd]

is hindu god brahmin?

following is from a movie aptly titled Railway Platform from the Black n White Era.

I fear they may harm Mohammad Rafis grave

Gods have always favored the rich in India.

 

[Pakistani Fighter]

What about Ram, Vishnu, Krishna, Durga, Lakshmi,Kali Mata, Ganesh and Hanumaan?? Dont u guys think its injustice

 

[newb3e]

I agree.. but this train is private train. Recently Indian railways privatized this. Probably something similar for Nagoor dargah should happen.


No mostly not .. brahmins are humans. Ravan is brahmin and also Krishna is lower caste and Ram is kshatriya.

wow so you have different gods for different classes!

jai siri paye!

 

[masterchief_mirza]

"What does God need with a starship?"

 

[KAL-EL]

"What does God need with a starship?"

Said James T Kirk to Doctor bones McCoy

 

[t1000]

As a secular state, India should also give space to Muslims to pray.

India is no longer a secular state. Post-Bharatiya Janata Potty, cows are more important than people in parts of the country where BJP is strong.
So should not call india secular any more, it is a hindu version of pakistan now, probably worse and about to get even more worse.