President Droupadi Murmu visited the Yadadri temple in Yadadri Bhongir district today and offered special prayers to the presiding deity Lord Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy.
The President along with her daughter Itishree Murmu and Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan arrived at the temple by a special helicopter of the Indian Air Force.
She was accorded a grand welcome by Minister for Endowments A Indrakaran Reddy, Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy, Tribal Welfare Minister Sathyavathi Rathod, Government Whip Gongidi Sunitha and temple authorities.
The temple priests welcomed Murmu with a Purna Khumbam amid chants of Veda mantras.
Murmu participated in a sankalpam and a swarna pushparchana performed by the priests.
The President moved around the temple and hailed the renovated architecture. She then left for Hyderabad.