How to find out Indian Railways PNR Status

In the modern era where people are turning tech savvy and adapting to the modern methods for almost every possible thing, why should one stand in long queues to book a railway ticket and even more to get PNR enquiry to cross check whether the train is on right time or not. Due to these modern technology provisions, one can now book their railway tickets online on www.irctc.in with ease and comfort of sitting at home. Whenever a ticked is booked, a PNR number, commonly known as the passenger number record is printed on it.
This number is allotted to those people who wish to book a seat or berth for their journey. With the help of this number, people can avoid waiting long hours at the railway station and can also avoid standing long hours in the queue to get a PNR enquiry. To avail this service at the comfort of your home, there are a number of ways. The most common method is by signing into the official railway site and entering the ten digit number. Another method is to make a phone call to 139 and entering the ten digit number when asked for. Send an SMS through mobile phone consisting the number to 9773300000 to get the latest status. Another method via SMS is to send message as mentioned in the following example. PNR ********** to 139. This facility has helped everyone save time as well as energy with the comfort of getting the details at their homes.