IRCTC introduced a tirupati darshan package for the devotees who wish to visit the popular TIrumala Balaji temple and get the blessings from the glorious god. This Tirupati train trip is for one day and passengers will be taken to Tirupati along with a drop back at the boarded station. IRCTC is offering the special darshan ticket, guide and transportation(from station to temple and drop back at station from the temple). These packages are available from hyderabad, pune, delhi, mumbai, vijayawada, coimbatore and more. Here is the review of the IRCTC Tirupati tour package.
Note: The itinerary from tirupati railway station to tirumala is the same for all packages starting from hyderabad, pune, delhi, mumbai, vijayawada, coimbatore. Just the train journey from the respective location is different.
This is the best choice of tour without any hurdles like darshan ticket booking, train ticket booking. Bestbus provided this package with both the darshan ticket and train ticket in a single package.
Firstly, arrived at Secunderabad Railway Station and boarded the train at around 6:30 PM. The journey lasted for the night and reached Tirupati at around 7:30 AM.
After deboarding the train, went to the IRCTC office on platform 1.
From there, moved on to the IRCTC tour package pick up point and cross checked our names in the list.
Then, moved to a hotel for fresh up in pick up van
Had breakfast After fresh up
Baggages went to scan before going to darshan
Around 17 km drive through ghat roads to reach Tirumala hill
After reaching the Tirumala hill, guide directed us to hair donation place (Kalyanakatta)
Kept our baggage locked in the vehicle and went to darshan with the direction of guide
At around 4:30 PM, darshan completed
Then, went back to Tirupati Railway Station on the same pick up van
Train got departed to Secunderabad Railway Station on time at Tirupati Railway Station in the same train
Returned to Secunderabad Railway Station at around 5:30 AM.
The price for the whole trip is just Rs.3800 per person. Not only from Hyderabad, also from other places this package is available and they also have tours on bus and flight. The above is the itinerary of hyderabad to tirupati tour by train and tirupati package starts from other cities also have the same schedule like above. There is a difference in boarding point and reachable time when you start from another location.
In this IRCTC Tirupati package, boarding points can be anywhere you want across India. You can book the train ticket from 32 places like Vijayawada, Coimbatore, Salem, Mumbai, Surat, Ahmedabad, Pune and more. Once the trip completes, you can reach back to your boarding location in the train.
The train journey starts in the evening at around 6:30 PM and is an overnight journey in an AC Sleeper class. It is to and fro transportation.
This IRCTC package offers accommodation for freshening up in Tirupati and provides breakfast after freshening up. Lunch is not included in this package.
Transportation in an AC Vehicle from hotel to Tirumala hills will be by a bus and darshan will be by a special darshan ticket. After the darshan completes, the vehicle will drop back at Tirupati Railway Station.
