Railways to run Bharat Gaurav train to northeast on March 21

GUWAHATI: The Indian Railways will run the "North East Discovery: Beyond Guwahati," a specially designed tour to cover the northeastern states by Bharat Gaurav Deluxe AC Tourist Train from Delhi's Safdarjung railway station, on March 21.
The 15 days 14 nights tour will cover about 5,800 km. Its first stop will be Guwahati, Sivasagar, Jorhat and Kaziranga in Assam, Unakoti, Agartala and Udaipur in Tripura, Dimapur and Kohima in Nagaland and Shillong and Cherapunji in Meghalaya.
According to the railways, the first stop of this train is Guwahati where tourists will visit Kamakhya Temple followed by Umananda Temple and a sunset cruise on the Brahmaputra after which it will depart on overnight journey for Naharlagun railway station in Arunachal Pradesh.
The next city to follow is Sivasagar, the old capital of the Ahom Kingdom in the eastern part of Assam. The famous Shiva temple at Sivasagar, Sivadol is a part of the itinerary besides other heritage sites.
The tourist train will next depart from Furkating for Tripura where the sightseeing of famous heritage site of Unakoti and of Agartala, including the famous Ujjayanta Palace, the Neermahal palace and Tripura Sundari mandir at Udaipur. After Tripura, the train will depart for Dimapur in Nagaland.
From Dimapur station, tourists shall be taken to Kohima by buses for visiting the local sites, including a tour of Khonoma village, to experience the Naga way of life. The next halt for the tourist train will be Guwahati from where tourists will be taken to Shillong by road with a pit stop at the majestic Umium Lake enroute, an excursion to Cherrapunji , Shillong Peak, Elephant Falls, Nawkhalikai falls and Mawsmai caves.
From Cherrapunji, the tourists will travel back to Guwahati station to board the train for the return train journey to Delhi.