Vijayawada, October 15, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
President Droupadi Murmu offered prayers at the Kanaka Durga Temple in Vijayawada on Wednesday night after arriving in Andhra Pradesh from New Delhi. She is scheduled to inaugurate the national-level SARAS Mela in the city on Thursday.
After landing at Gannavaram Airport aboard a special aircraft, the President travelled by road to Indrakeeladri, where the temple is located, and offered prayers to Goddess Kanaka Durga. Temple priests performed rituals and later bestowed Vedic blessings on her.
Home Minister Vangalapudi Anitha, MP Kesineni Chinni, temple chairman Radhakrishna, Executive Officer Sheena Naik and other temple officials welcomed the President on her arrival at the shrine.
Murmu greeted devotees standing in queues with folded hands as she proceeded towards the temple. Following the prayers in the sanctum sanctorum, Vedic scholars and temple officials presented her with silk sarees, a shawl and a portrait of the Goddess.
Earlier, at Gannavaram Airport, the President was received by Andhra Pradesh Governor S. Abdul Nazeer, Union Minister of State for Rural Development and Communications Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar, Minister of State for Rural Development Kamlesh Paswan, state ministers and senior government and police officials.
On Thursday, Murmu will inaugurate the national-level SARAS Mela at Punnami Ghat in Vijayawada. Organised jointly by the Union Ministry of Rural Development and the Andhra Pradesh government, the event will showcase products made by women belonging to self-help groups from across the country.
More than 600 stalls are expected to feature a range of products at the mela. After the inauguration, the President will attend a luncheon with members of self-help groups and ‘Lakhpati Didis’.
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