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India, a place reserved for the god Shiva at the inauguration of the train Varanasi-Indore

NEW DELHI - A small mystery surrounds the Train of Shiva, or the inauguration took place Sunday in the presence of the video of the premier Narendra Modi of a

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India, a place reserved for the god Shiva at the inauguration of the train Varanasi-Indore
NEW DELHI - A small mystery surrounds the Train of Shiva, or the inauguration took place Sunday in the presence of the video of the premier Narendra Modi of a new route between the mystical and the profane, the private company that manages the Catering and the carriages in the different sections of the indian railways, the Irctc.

The service that will embark the pilgrims and citizens travelling for work or pleasure will connect the holy city of Varanasi and the city of Indore. But if it has become viral, even outside of India this is due to the presence on the train - seat 64, the carriage B5 - a special passenger, the god Shiva, known as the "destroyer" of the trinity and the hindu.

The Irctc, seen the hype, and even sarcasm with which many of the media have welcomed the initiative, has stated that the statue of the God would have been exposed only to the maiden voyage, as it happened, and it will be removed during the regular routes which will begin on 20 February. Waiting to see if the Vip passenger nr. 64 we will it or not, no devotee has escaped the coincidence of the numerical with the different forms of Shiva that are just 64, manifestations of the one creator: Mahakal, which means Great "over time" (so suitable for the length of the paths the indians) to the point that the same supreme Brahma is considered by many to be less powerful than him.

From here the name it was christened the train with a coconut open, and the smoke of the incense: Kashi Mahakal Express. With the blessing of the priests, the brahmins and the premier via videoconference from Varanasi the same, will, from tomorrow, mainly three of the 12 sacred places where appeared "naturally" in the form of power of Shiva, the Lingam, or phallus, the cosmic. Since it is the desire of many devout hindu to visit the greatest possible number of these altars to the divine in search of protection and material assistance and the spiritual, the new train might have had from the beginning an overbooking, as is the case in many trains of Railways, government of india.

The most famous places on the route are Jyotirlingas, Omkareshwar, Mahakaleshwar and Kashi Vishwanath temple, but will be served the industrial centers and educational institutions in Indore and Bhopal. To get an idea of prices, the route Varanasi Indore will cost almost 2 thousand rupees, or 30 euro, will have included a large personal insurance for passengers (in India you never know with or without the protection of the gods) and shifts of 4 vegetarian meals.

there was No shortage of controversy for the pomp with which it was presented the new special train, and the union of the Uttariya Railway Mazdoor Union organized a protest to ask for a limit to the privatization of the largest railway in the world and the best conditions on the routes to the public. The head of the most widespread islamic organization, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (Aimim) has tweeted to the office of the Prime Minister a photograph of the Preamble to the Constitution where it prohibits the use of sacred images in public places for commercial purposes. Response a supporter of the party Bjp of Ways reminded him that those rules do not apply to the Mahakal Express as a private firm.

But the same Irctc has wanted to clarify that it was only "a single episode", was born from the idea to "seek blessings" for the "success of the new project". The company explains that the decision was not even taken by the top management of the company, of course well connected to the party-a religious power. The staff of the train - says a note - had "put a temporary photograph of Shri Mahakaal" on a place at the top during the race's inaugural Sunday to practice a pooja" (ritual prayer with incense at the sacred chants bajan).

there Remains the suspicion that the idea of the "personal" - catalogued now as a fake news - it was a test to see the public reaction and advertise new routes that will change during certain days of the week to include other holy places renowned as Prayagraj, the ancient Allahabad where the Yamuna and Ganges is joined to give life to the river the secret Saraswati.

The weekly India Today the problem of the different rates to eventually pay those who want to sit on the place of Shiva, whereas in the case of the superstitious and respectful homage, it may even remain empty. But beyond the ironies of the laity, it is not a coincidence that Modi has given his blessing to the project, knowing full well that for a good omen would have been on board one of the main deities of the religion as the basis of his vast political hindutva. It's not even a case that on the eve of the victorious result of the election of the 2019 Ways, he went to meditate in a cave in the Himalayas, the supreme seat of Shiva. A god destroyer - analysts say - is helping him to make a clean sweep of the old ideologies of the "trees" of India and their attached social, political and economic.

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