RailMitra

Indians are so fascinated with our railway’s transport system. The Indian Railway network doesn’t only connect different locations, but it touches our hearts beyond any race, religion, caste, gender, or class. The tangled railway lines unite Indians in one thread. Railways carry all of us and give us space to know more about others, know nature and explore different places. But do you know the carrier of people and freight is also loaded with amazing facts? You will be surprised to learn several facts and figures about Indian railways that will blow your mind. Indian Railways is constructing the world’s highest rail arch bridge with steel and concrete over the Chenab River. It is at an elevation of 1178 feet from the river. The bridge will connect the Bakkal and Kauri in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir. Apart from holding the record of building the highest bridge, the railways had the longest platform where one can accommodate 350 safari cars. The station’s name is Gorakhpur having the longest platform. Also, do you know that there is a train also called the chhaiya chaiyya train? It’s the Nilgiri Mountain rail in which Mani Ratnam shot the iconic Chaaiya Chaiya song. It is the slowest train in the history of railways.One of the major facts is that the Railways employ approx 1.4 million people in India. It is a fact that the Indian Railway is one of the world’s largest employers’ companies and institutions. There are many more interesting facts that Indian Railways holds. Watch the video for more facts.

India is known for its diverse cultures that change within kilometers. It is a religious country where temples of different states and cities are known for their rituals. These beliefs and rituals make people offer certain sacrifices to the gods, which are said to please them. Every temple has a different architecture, and different beliefs, dedicated to different deities but what stays in common is the Prasad. The prasad varies as per the local beliefs. In general, laddoo, boondi, halwa, or common sweets are served as prasad to the devotees. India is the land of thirty-three crores of Gods and Goddesses. Their temples are famous and tourists from around the globe throng to visit for blessings. There are many temples in our country whose cultures and traditions have made them stand unique from other temples. Where the temples in India refrain from preparing prasad from onion and garlic; multiple temples serve non-vegetarian food as prasad to their devotees. Hard to believe, but there are Indian temples that serve non-vegetarian Prasads as well. These temples serving non-vegetarian food as prasad are very strict and follow their belief systems for ages. It is one of the reasons why the traditions never changed and these temples are still glorified for their rituals, Watch the video as RailMitra has listed out a few temples in India that serve non-veg food as their prasad. You’ll be blessed after visiting these temples and exploring a different form of Godliness.