Odisha: President Murmu offers prayer at Jagannath Temple

Bhubaneswar, November 10

President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday visited Lord Jagannath Temple in Puri and took part in the ‘Mahaprasad’  at Puri Raj Bhawan during her two-day visit to Odisha.

Droupadi Murmu, who is on a two-day visit to her home state, Odisha for the first time after taking charge as President of India, reached Lord Jagannath Temple, in Odisha’s Puri district and received the ‘Mahaprasad’.

People at large were seen greeting President Droupadi Murmu as she walked about 2 Kilometers to seek the blessings of Lord Jagannath at the Puri Jagannath Temple.

President Murmu is on a two-day visit to Odisha from November 10-11.

Later in the  evening, the President  attended the civic reception hosted in her honour at Raj Bhavan Bhubaneswar.

Tomorrow, the President will visit Tapoban High School, Government Girls High School Unit-II and Kuntala Kumari Sabat Adivasi Girls Hostel Unit-II in Bhubaneswar and interact with students and teachers. On the same day, she will launch various projects of the Union Ministry of Education from Jayadev Bhawan, Bhubaneswar, informed an official statement.