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Blog Entry# 5901057
Posted: Dec 04 2023 (14:55)

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Dec 04 2023 (14:55)  
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Entry# 5901057               Past Edits
Indian Railways is very rightfully called the lifeline of the nation. Almost every Indian person has been on an Indian Railways train sometime or the other. I was also recently on one, and little did I know I was in for a pleasant surprise. A part of this journey was across the western ghats in Maharashtra, and that was when it all happened.

The journey started from Jabalpur aboard the JBP-CSMT Garibrath Express. As it was an overnight journey, there was nothing to see outside the window on the same day.
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When I woke up the next morning, unaware of what was about to come, that was when it all began. The very first glance out of the window took me in awe. Huge and lush green mountains soaring up high to the white clouds above. It was genuinely a sight to behold. As I was taking it all in, it suddenly went pitch dark. We were inside a tunnel, and the tunnels kept coming our way as it was a hilly region. It almost felt surreal how we were cruising through all this on a train.

I had to know where I was. When I researched later, I discovered that these were the western ghats. Precisely, the Konkan region of Maharashtra within them. The Western Ghats or Sahyadri is a mountain range that runs parallel to the west coast of India, across the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

The Indian Railways offers many such scenic routes. Some of the most popular ones are the Himalayan Queen (Kalka to Shimla), Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (Jalpaiguri to Darjeeling) and Vasco Da Gama in Goa to Londa in Karnataka. Hop on one such train for a truly enthralling experience.

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