KSRTC operates 25 buses under Dasara Darshan tour package
The KSRTC has launched a 10-day 'Dasara Darshan' tour package, operating 25 buses from Mangaluru and Udupi to various temples. Over 1,100 passengers utilized the service on the first day, which includes several new tour routes for the current festival season.
Why it matters
This initiative demonstrates the role of state-run transport services in facilitating religious tourism and managing high-volume travel during peak festival periods.
The KSRTC operated a total of 25 buses from Mangaluru and Udupi on the first day of the 10-day Dasara Darshan tour package, which commenced on Sunday. As many as 23 buses ran on the five tour packages offered from Mangaluru, while two buses operated on the two packages offered from Udupi.
The KSRTC is operating the tour package from Mangaluru and Udupi for the fifth successive year. A total of 1,128 passengers travelled in these buses on Sunday.
The highest of 295 passengers travelled in the six buses of the Kollur package from Mangaluru that covered visits to temples namely Kollur Mookambika, Uchhila Mahalakshmi temple, Kapu Mariyamma temple, Kamalashile Durgaparameshwari temple and Mandarthi temple.
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