President Ramnath Kovind on Saturday evening offered prayers at the temples of Goddess Sri Padmavathi Ammavaru at Tiruchanur and Lord Kapileswara Swami at Tirupati, before proceeding to Tirumala, during his three-day visit to the State.
The President, who arrived at the Renigunta airport by an IAF aircraft, was accorded a warm welcome with shawls and bouquets by Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan and Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, along with his cabinet colleagues P. Ramachandra Reddy and K. Narayanaswamy, and MLAs of the district
The President’s entourage left straight for Tiruchanur by road. At Tiruchanur temple, the priests accorded traditional welcome to the President and guided him to the sanctum sanctorum of the presiding deity for darshan. Later, Mr. Kovind was presented with the temple prasadam.
After having darshan of the Tiruchanur diety, the President reached Lord Kapileswara temple at the foothills of Tirumala. Amid temple honours, Mr. Kovind worshipped the Lord. Later, his convoy left for Tirumala.