President Droupadi Murmu on Monday reached Hyderabad, Telangana, for winter sojourn at the Rashtrapati Nilayam to be held from today till December 30. After landing at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Shamshabad, she left for the Srisailam temple in Andhra Pradesh.
At the airport, Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, Telangana Minister for Tribal Welfare Satyavati Rathore, Union Minister for Tourism and Culture G. Kishan Reddy, and senior officials received the President.
This is President Droupadi Murmu's first visit to Telangana after she was elected to the top post in July.
The President will visit Srisailam temple and inaugurate projects related to the development of Srisailam temple under the Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Augmentation Drive (PRASAD) scheme of the Union Ministry of Tourism. Before heading back to Hyderabad, she will also visit Sri Shivaji Spoorthy Kendram in Srisailam.
President Murmu will address the students and faculty members of the Keshav Memorial Educational Society in Hyderabad on Tuesday. On the same day, she will visit the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy to address the Officer Trainees of the Indian Police Service (74thARR Batch). She will also inaugurate the Wide Plate Mill of Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI) at Hyderabad.
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The next day, the President will visit Sri Seetharama Chandra Swamyvari Devasthanam, Bhadrachalam, and lay the foundation stone for the development of tourism infrastructure at Bhadrachalam Temple under the PRASHAD scheme. She will also virtually inaugurate the Vanvasi Kalyan Parishad—Telangana's Sammakka Saralamma Janjati Pujari Sammelan and the Ministry of Tribal Affairs' Eklavya Model Residential Schools in Telangana's Komaram Bheem Asifabad and Mahabubabad districts.
She will visit Ramappa Temple in Warangal district the same day and lay the foundation stones for the development of tourism infrastructure at Ramappa Temple and the restoration of Kameshwaralaya Temple.
On December 29, the President will interact with the students and faculty members of the G. Narayanamma Institute of Technology and Science (for Women) as well as the students and staff of the BM Malani Nursing College and the Suman Junior College of Mahila Dakshata Samithi at Hyderabad. On the same day, she will visit the Statue of Equality at Sriramnagaram, Shamshabad.
President Murmu will host Veer Naris and other dignitaries over lunch at Rashtrapati Nilayam on December 30 before returning to Delhi.
(With IANS inputs)