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File No. SS-DL-SWE-004 · Delhi (NCT) State Scheme · Teerth Yatra Vikas Samiti, Revenue Department

Delhi Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra Yojana

Free all-expenses pilgrimage on up to 15 routes for Delhi residents aged 60 or above, with one attendant — one trip per lifetime, no income test, run through the Teerth Yatra Vikas Samiti.

What this scheme offers

Under Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra Yojana the Delhi government pays for senior citizens to go on guided group pilgrimages: air-conditioned train travel, accommodation and food are all covered, along with one attendant. There are 15 routes, including Haridwar-Rishikesh, Vaishno Devi, Ajmer-Pushkar, Dwarkadhish, Rameswaram, Puri, Tirupati, Ayodhya, Vrindavan-Mathura, Shirdi and Velankanni. The scheme was designed for about 77,000 pilgrims a year, has no income test — poorer applicants are preferred — and each person can go only once in a lifetime. The Cabinet approved it in January 2018 and trips began in 2019; it paused during Covid and again in 2024-25, and restarted in May 2025 under the present government.

Who is eligible

  • Resident of Delhi aged 60 years or above (age counted as on 1 January of the year of application).
  • No income criterion, though economically weaker applicants get preference; places are given first-come, first-served.
  • Not an employee of the central, state or local government or an autonomous body.
  • Each person can go once in a lifetime, with one attendant (aged 21 or above) whose costs the government also bears.
  • A residency certificate from your MLA, a minister or the Yatra Samiti chairperson is required.

Documents required

  • Self-attested copy of your Delhi Voter ID card
  • Residency certificate issued by the MLA, a minister or the Teerth Yatra Vikas Samiti chairperson
  • Age proof, such as Aadhaar or a birth certificate
  • Passport-size photographs of the applicant and the attendant
  • Aadhaar cards of the applicant and the attendant

How to apply

  1. Open the Delhi e-District portal (edistrict.delhigovt.nic.in) and register as a citizen.
  2. Choose Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra Yojana and fill in the applicant's and attendant's details.
  3. Upload the voter ID, residency certificate, age proof and photographs.
  4. Submit the form and note the application number; applications are taken up route by route.
  5. When your turn comes you are told the date, train and route; carry the voter ID and your documents on the day of departure.

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