Daijiworld Media Release

New Delhi, Oct 23: President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday made history by offering prayers at the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala, becoming the first woman President of India to do so. She is also the second Indian President to visit the shrine after V V Giri.

Clad in a black saree, the President arrived at Pamba around 11 am in a special convoy. According to temple tradition, black is the recommended attire during the ‘Vruthum’ period, symbolising detachment from material things. Following custom, she washed her feet in the Pampa river and visited nearby shrines, including the Lord Ganapathy temple, where Vishnu Namboothiri, chief priest of the Ganapathy temple, prepared her sacred bundle or irumudikkettu. She was accompanied by her ADC Saurabh S Nair, PSO Vin

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