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Rajasthan News: Applications have started for the Free Senior Citizen Pilgrimage Scheme 2024-25 being run by the government in Rajasthan. The Devasthan Department said that the elderly can make new applications till September 19. This year, the department will make 30 thousand senior citizens travel to 15 religious places by train and 6 thousand elderly people will visit Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu by plane. Applications for the pilgrimage scheme have started on the department's website from Wednesday. This time the department has made a special change in the scheme, this time the elderly can choose the pilgrimage site as per their wish. Only those people can apply in this scheme whose age is more than 60 years and they are native residents of Rajasthan.
Old applicants also included
Devasthan Department Commissioner Vasudev Malavat said that the process of new application has started. Complete transparency will be maintained in this. The journey will be conducted on time. Also, the commissioner said that the senior citizens who had applied for the journey in the year 2022 and could not go in the year 2023-24 are also being included this time. Elderly senior citizens do not need to apply afresh this time.
Apply from this website
Information about all the rules is given on the department's website (https://edevasthan.rajasthan.gov.in/forms/home.aspx) and all senior citizens can also apply from this website. In case of any problem in filling the application, you can also contact the Assistant Commissioner Jaipur on number 0141-2614404 for more information. The schedule of trains will also be released soon by the department.
Shrines included in the pilgrimage
The pilgrimage includes Rameswaram – Madurai, Jagannathpuri – Tirupati, Dwarkapuri – Somnath, Vaishnodevi – Amritsar, Prayagraj – Varanasi, Mathura – Vrindavan, Sammedshikhar – Pawapuri, Ujjain – Omkareshwar, Gangasagar – Kolkata Kamakhya – Guwahati, Haridwar – Rishikesh and other pilgrimages. Apart from these, Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, Vaidyanath Mahadesh Jyotirlinga (Jharkhand), Trimbakeshwar Jyotirlinga (Nashik), Shravanabelagola (Karnataka) have been included.