Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu walked to the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri for the darshan of the deities on Thursday.
Murmu is on a two-day visit to Odisha starting from today. After arriving at Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar she left for Puri in a helicopter.
After landing in Puri, she was escorted to the 12th century shrine. She walked on the Bada Danda (Grand Road) to reach the temple.
Following the darshan of Lord Jagannath and other deities in the temple, she will visit Puri Raj Bhawan, where Mahaprasad will be served to her.
The devotees will be prohibited from entering the temple during the visit of the President to the temple, officials said.
She will return to Bhubaneswar in the afternoon and garland the statues of eminent persons here. She will then attend a civic reception at Raj Bhavan in the evening.
On the second day (November 11), she will visit Tapoban High School at Khandagiri, Unit-2 Government Girls High School and Kuntala Kumari Sabat Tribal Hostel, where she stayed.
The President is also scheduled to inaugurate an Odia textbook for engineering and a portal (e-Kumbh) at Jaydev Bhawan before flying back to Delhi on November 11.
