India, Oct. 23 -- President Droupadi Murmu offered prayers at the Sabarimala Sree Ayyappa temple on Wednesday - the second day of her four-day visit to Kerala. She was accompanied by her son-in-law Ganesh Chandra Hembram and her security officers, offered prayers just before the noon prayers at the temple and spent nearly three hours at the Sannidhanam before departing for Thiruvananthapuram.

In 1973, VV Giri, then President, had also paid a visit to the Sabarimala hill shrine.

Earlier in the day, the Indian Air Force chopper carrying the President arrived at a freshly-constructed helipad at Pramadom shortly after 9am from the state capital.

During the soft landing of the chopper, its tyres sank into the freshly-laid concrete. However,...