Phaphamau junction is located in the Phaphamau satellite town near Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh.  The station comes under the jurisdiction of Northern Railways. Station code is PFM.

Phaphamau Junction is well connected to Allahabad which is at about 10 km from the city crossing the river Ganges. Tharwai, Prayag, Siwaith and Saraigopal are the nearby railway stations on the route to Allahabad. Varanasi is at about 127 km from Phaphamau city by road. Major trains running through this junction are Bundelkhand Express connecting Gwalior with Varanasi, Maharashtra Express connecting Kolhapur with Gonda, Ganga Gomati Express connecting Allahabad with Lucknow, Unchahar Express connecting Allahabad with Chandigarh, and Tribeni Express rail. Many passenger trains running between Prayag and Bareli, Lucknow and Prayag, Jaunpur and Allahabad stop at this junction. It is very well connected to Prayag, Kanpur, Jaunpur, Faizabad, and Gorakhpur.

Think of Kerala and then Onam is the next word that hits your mind suddenly. Kerala, India’s one of the most beautiful states, celebrates its equally beautiful festival of Onam in its Chingam (August- September) month every year. Onam, the harvest festival of Kerala, is also the most important festival of the state. The festival, celebrated over ten days and each day has a unique name, consists of many activities including religious, social, cultural and sports (especially the water sports) activities.

Onam celebration (image credit: indiatimes.com)

Music, dance, folk songs, snake boat race and of course the delicious hygienic foods are rare things which you will get to see in Kerala during the celebration of Onam festival. Snake boat race, locally known as Vallamkali, is an important part of the Onam celebration when hundreds of boats are seen beautifully decorated and ready to compete each other. The race is held on the Pamba river and witnessed by thousands of visitors come from across the country and even from abroad.

 Kerala celebrates this charming festival of Onam with great enthusiasm.  On the occasion people are seen putting flowers mats in front of their homes, wearing the new cloths while women are seen adorned with heavy jewelry. Onam also marks the beginning of the new year of Kerala. People also visit the nearby temples to seek blessing for prosperous life. Onam abolish the social gaps between the people and brings them together irrespective of their cast, religion, sex and age to celebrate it.

 Thousands of tourists visit Kerala during the festival to witness the gorgeous magnificence of the festical. If you too want to witness it, then join in the fun and festivities of Onam and for this you can hire a car for your visit to spend an amazing moments in "God's own Country"

Phagwara Junction is located in the Kapurthala district of Punjab. It is situated between Ludhiana and Jalandhar. Ludhiana is at about 40 km and Jalandhar is at 23 km from Phagwara by road. The town of Phagwara is well connected to Delhi and Amritsar by road and rail. It is an industrial city. The railway station at Phagwara comes under the jurisdiction of Northern Railways. Station code is PGW.

It is a major junction connected with Delhi, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Pune, Jammu Tavi, Howrah, Kolkata, Nanded, Jaynagar (Bihar), Kanyakumari, Chennai, Mangalore, Tirunelveli, Bilaspur, Tatanagar, Vishakpatnam, Jaipur,  and Chindwara of Madhya Pradesh. Shatabdi Express stops at this junction. Other major trains running through the station are Jhelum Express, Amritsar Express, Himgiri Express, Sachkhand Express, Sealdah Express, Andaman Express, Himasagar Express and Shalimar Express. Phagwara is nearby Jalandhar, Nawanshehar, Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur and Kapurthala.