Now we will able to Visit Malgudi Railway Station in Real which we studied in childhood

RK Narayan’s Malgudi Days may be based on a fictional character ‘Swami’ and on a fictional town ‘Malgudi’, but now you can take a train and reach the Malgudi Railway Station for real! Indian Railways decided to give a green signal to rename the Arasalu railway station to Malgudi railway station.

This is where some scenes of Malgudi Days were shot and so, Indian Railways decided to rename it to pay homage to the legendary director and actor Shankar Nag. Arasalu station is 34 km from Shivamogga town and is located in Hosanagar taluk, Karnataka.

Malgudi Days was based on short stories written by novelist RK Narayan.

The old railway station building where Malgudi Days was shot, is now in a bad state. Along with renaming it, South Western Railway is planning to develop the station at an estimated cost of Rs 1.3 crore.

“Arasalu railway station was perfectly suited to recreate British-era scenes. Every morning we rushed there to record two shots, one for the English version and another for Hindi. The first shot was taken on the right platform. When the train returned after 20 minutes, the second shot was done in the opposite platform. These are evergreen memories,” Master Manjunath, who played the role of Swami in the television series, told the Times of India.

Confirming the plans to rename the station, Shivamogga MP B Y Raghavendra said, “There was a demand to name the station after Malgudi Days and the railways has agreed to change it to Malgudi Station.”