Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu arrived in Bhubaneswar by a special Indian Air Force (IAF) plane on Monday evening on a six-day visit to her home state of Odisha.
The President was accorded a rousing welcome soon after the IAF aircraft carrying her landed at the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in the state capital.
She was given a warm welcome by Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and other dignitaries at the airport.
Soon after her arrival, Murmu proceeded to Lok Bhavan in the capital city where she is slated to stay overnight.
According to her itinerary, the President will undertake a series of religious, academic and developmental engagements across Khurda, Jajpur, Balasore, Puri and Mayurbhanj districts over the next few days.
After an overnight stay at Lok Bhavan in the state capital, President Murmu will visit Jajpur on Tuesday to offer prayers at the temple of Goddess Biraja and perform rituals at Navi Gaya, a significant site for ancestral rites.
Late in the afternoon, she will attend the convocation ceremony of Fakir Mohan University in Balasore as the chief guest. She will then proceed to Puri, where she will perform ‘pind daan’ at Swetaganga tank the following morning and visit Shree Jagannath Temple for darshan of the sibling deities around 7:40 am.
On Wednesday, the President will visit her home district, Mayurbhanj, where she will inaugurate a holiday home at Rairangpur, visit a Girls’ Higher Secondary School, unveil the statue of tribal leader Bhanjbir Sunaram Soren and inaugurate a sports complex. She is slated to return to Bhubaneswar after touring Mayurbhanj. The President is scheduled to leave for Chhattisgarh on Saturday.