AGARTALA, FEB 27   :    Tripura Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha conveyed thanks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday for arranging special trains for the people of Tripura traveling to Ayodhya after flagging off the special train.

The third Aastha Special train has started from Agartala Railway with over a thousand pilgrims to have Darshan of Lord Ram in Ayodhya, who were joined by another thousand from three destinations in Tripura.

“For Ayodhya, three trains have departed from Tripura so far. I will pray to Lord Ram for their safe and happy journey. The Prime Minister inaugurated the Ram Mandir last month, a moment awaited for 500 years,” Dr. Saha said.

The pran pratishtha of Ram Lalla has witnessed the participation of a few lakhs, including a large number of foreigners, he said, adding, “Our council of ministers will also visit Ayodhya in the first week of March’.(UNI)