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The chopper ferrying President Droupadi Murmu, who was connected her mode to the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple, got stuck astatine the helipad connected landing astatine Pramadam, adjacent Pathanamthitta, Kerala, connected Wednesday (October 22, 2025) morning.
The chopper made a harmless touchdown astatine the recently prepared helipad astir 9.05 a.m., but its tyres sank somewhat into the freshly laid factual soon aft the President disembarked. The President, however, continued her travel to Pampa by roadworthy without immoderate delay.
Adverse weather
According to authoritative sources, enactment connected the helipad astatine the Pramadam Indoor Stadium had been completed lone a fewer hours earlier the statesmanlike formation arrived. Initially, the President was scheduled to onshore astatine Nilackal, but successful information of the inclement upwind conditions prevailing successful the region, the program was changed astatine the past minute. The stranded chopper was aboriginal pushed retired of the brushed aboveground by the constabulary and occurrence and rescue services personnel.
At Pampa, alternatively of taking a dip successful the river, the President is acceptable to execute the accepted cleansing ritual by washing her feet. She volition past hole the irumudi in a ceremonial astatine the Ganapathy Temple earlier proceeding to the Sannidhanam successful a Gurkha exigency four-wheel-drive vehicle.
Accompanied by a six-vehicle escort, the President is expected to scope Sannidhanam by astir 11.50 a.m., wherever she volition beryllium received with a poornakumbh by the tantri Kandaru Mahesh Mohanaru.
Following this, the President volition ascend the 18 beatified steps (pathinettampadi) and connection prayers to Lord Ayyappa. After the rituals, she volition remainder astatine the Devaswom impermanent location and instrumentality to Pramadam aboriginal successful the afternoon.
Pilgrims volition not beryllium allowed beyond Nilackal until the President completes her sojourn and departs.
