India, Sept. 12 -- Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan took oath as the 15th Vice President of India at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Friday, three days after he won the election by a landslide margin.

Radhakrishnan took charge of the second-highest Constitutional office in India that has been lying vacant since July 21 after Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned citing health reasons.

Clad in a red kurta and 'mundu' - the traditional Tamil attire - Radhakrishnan and other VIP guests waited for President Droupadi Murmu to arrive at the venue. At 10.11am, he took oath in English, followed by "congratulations" by President Murmu.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah, defence minister Rajnath Singh, Chief Justice of India BR Gavai...