Shraddha Sethu Express, that will link the pilgrimage centres of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh and Rameswaram. PM Modi was in Rameswaram to inaugurate the memorial of late President, A P J Abdul Kalam. He said the Rameswaram–Faizabad–Rameswaram via Ayodhya weekly express is equipped with bio-toilets and will help boost the Centre’s cleanliness campaign.
PM Modi, through videoconferencing at a function in Mandapam, about 15 km from Rameswaram, said, “Rameswaram is connected with Lord Rama. And I am happy that a train connecting that to Rama’s birth place of Ayodhya in the name of Shraddha Sethu has been dedicated to the public.”