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In a major push to promote religious and cultural tourism, the Odisha government, on Wednesday, launched the 'Shree Jagannath Express' as a premium interstate bus service connecting Puri to India's most prominent pilgrimage and heritage destinations.

A part of the state's broader effort to improve long-distance connectivity while promoting the spiritual and cultural significance of Shreekhetra (Puri), this initiative aims to offer comfortable and reliable transportation to devotees.

Sources mentioned that as part of the rollout, eight Super Premium OSRTC buses wereflagged off, with five of them to operate directly from Puri. Fur...