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President Droupadi Murmu connected Wednesday offered prayers astatine the Ayyappa temple successful Sabarimala, making her the archetypal pistillate President of the state to worship astatine the famed elevation temple.
The President arrived astatine the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium Ground successful Pramadom astir 8.40 a.m. by a peculiar helicopter. She was accorded a ceremonial reception by Devaswom Minister V.N. Vasavan, Anto Antony, MP , K.U. Jeneesh Kumar and Pramod Narayanan, MLAs, District Collector S. Prem Krishnan, and District Police Chief R. Anand. From there, she travelled to Pampa successful a specially arranged motorcade, wherever elaborate information and accepted arrangements had been made for her visit.
At Pampa, the President began her pilgrimage by washing her feet successful the Pampa river, successful enactment with Ayyappa devotees’ purification ritual. She past proceeded to the Pampa Ganapathi temple, wherever the Irumudi kettu, the duplicate ineffable bundle carried by the devotees, was prepared and tied for her nether the supervision of Melshanthi Vishnu Namboothiri.
Her ADC Saurabh S. Nair, PSO Vinay Mathur and son-in-law Ganesh Chandra Hombrom besides participated successful the ritual, pursuing the aforesaid process observed by pilgrims earlier their ascent to the Sannidhanam. The President and her squad past travelled successful a peculiar convoy of vehicles to Sabarimala Sannidhanam.
The elevation temple and its surroundings were placed nether unprecedented information cover, with the question of different pilgrims prevented beyond the Nilakkal basal campy during her sojourn period.
The President reached Sabarimala astir 11.45 a.m. and, climbed the Pathinettam Padi (18 ineffable steps) to scope the sanctum sanctorum. At the Sannidhanam, she was accorded a ceremonial reception with purna kumbh by Tantri Kandararu Mahesh Mohanaru. She offered prayers to Lord Ayyappa and the upadevatas (sub-deities), earlier visiting the Malikappuram Devi temple and the Vavar Swami shrine.
Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) president P.S. Prashanth, Revenue and Devaswom Secretary M.G. Rajamanickam, and Sabarimala Melshanthi S. Arunkumar Namboothiri were among those who received the President astatine the temple.
Following the Darshan, the President was presented with a woody carving of Ayyappa, a accepted memento, connected behalf of the Travancore Devaswom Board by Minister V.N. Vasavan. Board members A. Ajikumar and P.D. Santhosh Kumar were present.
Following lunch, the President rested concisely astatine the Devaswom Guest House earlier opening her instrumentality journey. Around 12.15 p.m., she near the Sannidhanam for Pampa.
Around 4.15 p.m., President Murmu departed for Thiruvananthapuram from the Pramadom helipad. She was seen disconnected by Minister Vasavan and MP Anto Antony, among others.
Chopper’s tyres sink
Earlier, the chopper ferrying the President made a harmless touchdown astatine the recently prepared helipad astatine Pramadom astir 8.30 a.m. The chopper’s tyres, however, 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.
According to authoritative sources, enactment connected the helipad astatine the Pramadom Indoor Stadium had been completed lone a fewer hours earlier the President’s chopper 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 Fire and Rescue Services personnel.
