Varanasi, Nov. 8 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that India's Vande Bharat trains are emerging as a significant milestone in the country's mission to build a Viksit Bharat, connecting sacred cities and heritage sites through a modern rail network that embodies both faith and progress.

Speaking at the flagging off ceremony of four Vande Bharat Express trains in his parliamentary constituency of Varanasi, the Prime Minister said that India's pilgrimages have, for centuries, been a reflection of the nation's spiritual consciousness and unity.

He said, "The way India has today launched a campaign to make its resources superior for a Viksit Bharat, these trains are going to become a milestone in that. For centuries, pilgrima...