Jaipur : Applications for the Free Senior Citizen Pilgrimage Scheme 2024-25 run by the government in Rajasthan have started. The Devasthan Department said that the elderly can apply for new posts till September 19. This year, the department will take 30 thousand senior citizens to visit 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 are natives of Rajasthan.
Old applicants included
Commissioner of Devasthan Department Vasudev Malavat said that the process of new application has started. Complete transparency will be maintained in this. The Yatra will be conducted on time. Also, the commissioner said that the senior citizens who had applied for the Yatra in the year 2022 and could not go in the year 2023-24 are also being included this time. Old senior citizens do not need to apply afresh this time.
Apply from this website
Information about all the rules has been 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 by the department soon.
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 pilgrimage places. Apart from these, Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, Vaidyanath Mahadesh Jyotirlinga (Jharkhand), Trimbakeshwar Jyotirlinga (Nashik), Shravanabelagola (Karnataka) have been included.
