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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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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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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Railway officials say that efforts will be made to keep the seat number 64 of coach B5 in Kashi Mahakal Express (Varanasi-Indore), reserved for Lord Shiva. The seat has been turned into a mini-temple of Lord Shiva. https://twitter.com/ANINewsUP/status/1229130311297978369 …


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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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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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https://qz.com/india/1803507/indias-kashi-mahakal-express-has-seat-reserved-for-shiv-temple/

It is high time we just bury the secular india, please. This drama of secularism has to stop, india is a religious Hindu society and nothing else.

 

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They should keep one cow per train coach for good luck and safety (scientifically proven in vedas that cows prevent train accidents) Also they should serve free go-mutra and cow shit to all passengers. Hindutva dudes will love it. Go-mutra and cowshite can be mixed together to cure cancer, aids coronavirus, cold, TB, you name it.
All u have to do is say the magic words, "Jay shree ramu"

 

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It is similar to a Musallah. Not a "reserved seat". Just sensationalizing the news here

They should keep one cow per train coach for good luck and safety (scientifically proven in vedas that cows prevent train accidents) Also they should serve free go-mutra and cow shit to all passengers. Hindos will love it. Go mutra and cowshite can be mixed together to cure cancer, aids coronavirus, cold, TB, you name it.
All u have to do is say the magic words, "Jay shree ramu"

Muslims like you make me sad that such bigots exist in Islam

 

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It is similar to a Musallah. Not a "reserved seat". Just sensationalizing the news here



Muslims like you make me sad that such bigots exist in Islam

First, I'm not a muslim.
Second, if terrorists take over ur country would you be quiet or would you speak up. News flash: BJPigs'= terrorists, more dangerous than WASPs and other bigots in the west.
And finally don't quote me with your "holier than thou" attitude.

 

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

Muslim can pray while sitting and use dust instead of water in long plane and train journey. It is not a problem but I think India train station should have room (Musholla) for Muslim to pray and special place to take wudhu. I saw some Indian Muslim pray in the Indian station peron at Youtube some time ago.

@jamahir Does such place is present in any Indian train station ?