Karwar, Dec. 28 -- President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday undertook a dived sortie on the Western Seaboard aboard the Indian Navy's indigenous Kalvari-class submarine INS Vaghsheer from the Karwar Naval Base in Karnataka.

Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi accompanied the President during the sortie.

Rashtrapati Bhavan in an official statement said, "President Droupadi Murmu embarked the Indian Navy's indigenous Kalvari class submarine INS Vaghsheer at Karwar Naval Base, Karnataka. The President is undertaking a sortie on the Western Seaboard. Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi is accompanying the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces."

This marks President Murmu's maiden sortie aboard a Kalvari-class submarine, ma...