President Droupadi Murmu arrived in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris district to meet elephant caretakers Bomman and Bellie at Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu on August 5. Bomman and Bellie rose to fame as they were featured in Oscar-winning documentary 'The Elephant Whisperers'. During her visit, President Murmu is expected to interact with mahouts and cavadies in the reserve.
According to PTI, "President Droupadi Murmu arrived in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris district to meet elephant caretakers Bomman and Bellie, who were featured in the Oscar-winning documentary ‘The Elephant Whisperers’."
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President Murmu is on her three-day visit to Tamil Nadu and Puducherry from Saturday. During her visit, President is scheduled to meet mahouts and cavadies in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, address the convocation of University of Madras, rename Durbar Hall of Raj Bhavan in Chennai, and open a linear accelerator at JIPMER and a 50-bed hospital in Villanur, Puducherry.
On August 6, President Murmu is set to address the 165th convocation of the University of Madras in Chennai. On Sunday, from 10.30 a.m. to 12 p.m., the President will attend the convocation at Kalaivanar Arangam in Chennai. Later, in he day, Murmu will rename Raj Bhavan's Durbur Hall Bharatiyar Mandapam. She will also open Mahakavi Subramaniya Bharathiyar's portrait.
Murmu will meet with members of Tamil Nadu PVTGs.
Murmu is set to launch the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER)'s Linear Accelerator facility and virtually inaugurate the 50-bed hospital in Villanur in Puducherry on August 7. The hospital was built as part of the National AYUSH Mission.