Indian Railways will soon operate a new train based on the theme of ‘Ramayan’. The train will connect the locations associated with the history of Ramayana.
Railway Board Chairman VK Yadav said, “The train will take people to all places related to Ramayan. The theme of this train will be based on Ramayan. Pictures, thoughts and poems related to Ramayan will be displayed on coaches outside and pictures related to the epic and music will also be played inside.”
The new Ramayan circuit train will be operational from the last week of March. The train is designed to give an experience of a temple on wheels, with themes and pictures related to Ramayan.
About Ramayana
Ramayan tells the story of Rama, the eldest son of Dasharatha, the King of Ayodhya. Rama is due to become king after his father’s retirement, but his stepmother, Kaikeyi wants her son Bharata to take the throne.
As King Dashratha had earlier promised to fulfill any two wishes for her, Kaikeyi demands that Rama should be banished to the forest for fourteen years and that Bharat should be crowned as king. Dasharatha keeps his word and with a heavy heart asks Rama to leave for the forest. Rama accepts the exile and is accompanied by his wife Mata Sita and younger brother Lakshmana. When Bharat learns that his mother is responsible for Rama’s exile he renounces her and beseeches Rama to return to Ayodhya. Rama declines, whereupon Bharat places Rama’s paduka on the throne as a symbol that Rama is the true king.
Bharat served Ayodhya for the next fourteen years keeping charan paduka of Rama on the throne. Ravan, the evil King of Lanka, abducts Mata Sita, prompting Rama, Lakshmana, Hanuman and his army of apes, the Vanara Sena , to rescue her and Rama to kill Ravan.
Season 2 focuses on Ram-Sita’s life after returning from exile, the birth of Luv-Kush and their reunion with the royal family and final departure of Sita and Ram from the earth.
