Sabarimala (Kerala), Oct. 22 -- President Droupadi Murmu, who arrived in Kerala last evening for a four-day official visit, will undertake a spiritually significant pilgrimage to the Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa Temple today - marking a rare and historic occasion of a sitting President of India visiting the famed hill shrine.
Her visit comes nearly five decades after former President V.V. Giri's pilgrimage to Sabarimala, making it the first presidential visit to the shrine in recent history. The event holds deep symbolic resonance, blending the duties of the nation's highest constitutional office with the timeless devotion of millions of Ayyappa followers.
President Droupadi Murmu departed from Raj Bhavan at 7.25 am and boarded a helicopter fr...