<p>Jaipur: The Rajasthan government will organise pilgrimages for 36,000 senior citizens, Devasthan Minister Joraram Kumawat told the assembly.</p>.<p>He was responding to a debate on the grant demand of the Devasthan department in the assembly late on Wednesday.</p>.<p>After the discussion, the House passed a grant demand of Rs 85.22 crore by voice vote.</p>.<p>The minister said 2,999 senior citizens had benefited from the operation of four trains for the darshan of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.</p>.Madhya Pradesh government to include state's religious places in pilgrimage scheme.<p>"Our government will provide travel facility to 36,000 senior citizens under the scheme in 2024-25, in which 15,000 senior citizens will be taken to Ayodhya by rail and 15,000 senior citizens will be taken to pilgrimage sites, including Rameshwaram, Jagannath temple in Puri, Vaishno Devi-Amritsar, Gangasagar, Tirupati, Kamakhya, Mathura-Vrindavan and Mathura-Ayodhya, and 6,000 senior citizens will be taken to Pashupatinath, Kathmandu (Nepal), by air," he said.</p>.<p>The state government will spend Rs 100 crore to give the Khatushyamji temple a grand facelift. It will also take up development of 23 temples and three tribal faith centres.</p>.<p>Kumawat said lakhs of tourists from around the country and abroad visit the temples of the Devsthan department daily, leading to a rise in the state's revenue.</p>.<p>He added that the Devsthan department manages 593 temples -- 390 of which are direct charge and 203 self-reliant.</p>
<p>Jaipur: The Rajasthan government will organise pilgrimages for 36,000 senior citizens, Devasthan Minister Joraram Kumawat told the assembly.</p>.<p>He was responding to a debate on the grant demand of the Devasthan department in the assembly late on Wednesday.</p>.<p>After the discussion, the House passed a grant demand of Rs 85.22 crore by voice vote.</p>.<p>The minister said 2,999 senior citizens had benefited from the operation of four trains for the darshan of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.</p>.Madhya Pradesh government to include state's religious places in pilgrimage scheme.<p>"Our government will provide travel facility to 36,000 senior citizens under the scheme in 2024-25, in which 15,000 senior citizens will be taken to Ayodhya by rail and 15,000 senior citizens will be taken to pilgrimage sites, including Rameshwaram, Jagannath temple in Puri, Vaishno Devi-Amritsar, Gangasagar, Tirupati, Kamakhya, Mathura-Vrindavan and Mathura-Ayodhya, and 6,000 senior citizens will be taken to Pashupatinath, Kathmandu (Nepal), by air," he said.</p>.<p>The state government will spend Rs 100 crore to give the Khatushyamji temple a grand facelift. It will also take up development of 23 temples and three tribal faith centres.</p>.<p>Kumawat said lakhs of tourists from around the country and abroad visit the temples of the Devsthan department daily, leading to a rise in the state's revenue.</p>.<p>He added that the Devsthan department manages 593 temples -- 390 of which are direct charge and 203 self-reliant.</p>