[In Pics] President Droupadi Murmu Offers Prayers At Lingaraj Temple In Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu visited Bindu Sagar lake before proceeding to Lingaraj Temple for paying obeisance to the Lord on Saturday, the 2nd day of her Odisha visit.

She washed her feet at Padahara pond before entering the temple around 9.20 am amid tight security.

Murmu was accompanied by her daughter Itishree. Badu Niyoga secretary Kamalkant Badu helped the President to perform ‘Jalabhishek’ and other rituals. She briefly interacted with the temple trust members, who gifted her a photograph of Damodar Vesha of Lord Lingaraj apart from Kotha Bhoga prepared by Maha Suara servitors body of the temple and a Pata Uttaria (silk shawl).

She spent around 30 minutes in the 11th-century shrine temple.

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