Shravani Mela is one of the most celebrated festive seasons of India. This fair will last for a month with lakhs of devotees visiting Baba Dham (Deoghar) to worship Lord Shiva. Keeping the convenience of the devotees in mind, Shravani Mela 2025 special bus-train services are the topmost priority right now. Even though we don’t have a proper list of bus services yet, due to the ongoing route survey, the railway department has already taken some major steps. Along with it, every kind of Shravani Mela 2025 arrangements are being made from health, cleanliness, to 24×7 security in Ganga ghat with divers and motorboats.
Shravani Mela 2025 Special Bus Services
BSRTC is making Shravani Mela 2025 special bus arrangements for the convenience of devotees travelling to Deoghar. Regional Manager Pawan Kumar Shandilya inspected the route of Sultanganj and Munger on June 17. During inspection, he took suggestions and feedback from local shopkeepers and common passengers. The route survey will be over before July 11, then the time and the bus routes list will be available. BSRTC plans to run buses from districts like Kosi, Seemanchal, and Bhagalpur. However, the final decision will be on the basis of the survey report.
Shravani Mela 2025 will be comfortable for the pilgrims. Road Construction Department Work Division Banka has issued a tender to make the Ajgaibinath to Jharkhand border pothole-free. The repair work will be on State Highway-22 from Ajgaibinath Dham to Tarapur, Belhar, Katoria, Chandan, and Dardmara till the border of Jharkhand. This will cost about Rs 29 lakhs.
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Shravani Mela 2025 Special Train Arrangements
DRM Shiv Mohan Prasad said that during the Shravani Mela 2025 special train services will run on Jamalpur-Sultanganj, Jamalpur-Deoghar, and Godda-Deoghar routes. All the express trains will halt for two minutes at Sultanganj. Along with the resting capacity of 600 passengers, the entire premise will be monitored from a watch tower. It will have 40 CCTV cameras. Senior Superintendent of Police Hriday Kant said that special security arrangements will be there in Sultanganj for Kanwariyas on Thursday, Dak Bam on Sunday, and local devotees on Monday.
Keeping the fair in mind, the Eastern Railway has decided to impose a temporary halt of train number 15619/15620 Gaya-Kamakhya-Gaya Express at Sultanganj. The Chief Public Relations Officer said the railways will ensure a two-minute halt from July 11 to August 9, 2025. He informed that the 15619 Express train will reach Sultanganj station at 5:45 PM and depart at 5:47 PM. And, the 15620 Express train will reach at 12:11 PM and depart at 12:13 PM. The Eastern Railways took the step, keeping the convenience of devotees in mind.
The railway administration has decided that long trains will not stop at platforms two, three, and five of Bhagalpur Station. This is to prevent any potential accident during the rush of Shravani Mela.
List of Special Trains for the Devotees
- 03480 – 79 Jamalpur – Sultanganj – Jamalpur Shravani Mela Passenger Special: 30 trips from 11th July to 9th August.
- 03480 Jamalpur – Sultanganj Shravani Mela Passenger Special will depart from Jamalpur at 09:05 am and reach Sultanganj at 10:45 am the same day.
- 03479 Sultanganj – Jamalpur Shravani Mela Passenger Special will depart from Sultanganj at 11:15 and reach Jamalpur at 12:40. The special train will stop at all stations en route between Jamalpur and Sultanganj.
- 03442 – 41 Jamalpur – Deoghar – Jamalpur Shravani Mela Passenger Special will run every Sunday between 13 July and 10 August. This train will run a total of 5 trips.
- 03442 Jamalpur – Deoghar Shravani Mela Passenger Special will leave Jamalpur at 05:10 am and reach Deoghar at 10:10 am the same day.
- 03441 Deoghar – Jamalpur Shravani Mela Passenger Special will leave from Deoghar at 3:45 pm and reach Jamalpur at 10:05 pm on the same day.
- 03444 – 43 Deoghar – Godda – Deoghar Shravani Mela Passenger Special will run every Sunday between 13 July and 10 August. This train will run a total of 05 trips.
- 03444 Deoghar-Godda Shravani Mela Passenger Special train will leave from Deoghar at 10:45 and reach Godda at 12:40 on the same day.
- 03443 Godda – Deoghar Shravani Mela Passenger Special train will leave from Godda at 1:15 pm and reach Deoghar at 3:05 pm on the same day.
Additional Stoppages And Timing at Sultanganj Station
- 15619 Gaya – Kamakhya Weekly Express train timing will reach Sultanganj at 5:45 pm.
- 15620 Kamakhya – Gaya Weekly Express train time passenger will arrive at Sultanganj at 12:11.
- 12253 Yeshwantpur-Bhagalpur Weekly Ang Express will reach Sultanganj at 08:04 AM.
- 12254 Bhagalpur-Yeshwantpur Weekly Ang Express will arrive at Sultanganj at 2:08 pm.
- 13423 Bhagalpur-Ajmer Weekly Express will reach Sultanganj at 1:38 pm.
- 13424 Ajmer – Bhagalpur Weekly Express will arrive at Sultanganj at 1:50 pm.
- 13429 Malda Town-Anand Vihar Weekly Express will reach Sultanganj at 1:02 pm.
- 13430 Anand Vihar – Malda Town Weekly Express will arrive at Sultanganj at 5:55 pm.
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Kanwari Route Arrangements
In a recent meeting over the Shravani Mela 2025 arrangements, the official heads shared important updates. DM Nawal Kishore Chaudhary informed that the fair will be organized from July 11 to August 9. This year, approximately 2-2.5 lakhs devotees will walk from Ajgaibinath Dham to Deoghar every day. He also informed that all the arrangements regarding electricity, drinking water, health, and cleaning are ongoing on the Kanwari route (14 km). For the power supply, control rooms and additional transformers will be installed. Along with this, there will be arrangements of meshed barricades, sandbags on the Ganga ghat, a team of divers, and 24×7 motorboat surveillance.
To ensure the devotees don’t overpay, there will be instructions for the shopkeepers to display rate charts at their shops. They can only set up shops within the yellow strip on both sides of the road and food items of suggested brands. In order to ensure proper health services, health camps will be available on the Kanwari route. There will be a sufficient number of tankers at several places and sand from now itself. The Road Construction Department will irrigate sand on the Kanwaria path, and water will be sprinkled every 2 hours.
DM Navdeep Shukla informed that health camps, resting places, and drinking water are being made in the 55 km long Kanwari route (Banka). The rural development agency will make cleanliness arrangements. And, the forest department will take care of the lighting in the Kanwari route.
