President Droupadi Murmu will be visiting Tamil Nadu on February 18. This will be her maiden trip to the state since she assumed office as the 15th President of India in July 2022.
The President is scheduled to pay a visit to the Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai and later attend the Mahashivaratri programme at Isha Yoga Centre in Coimbatore. It is reported that she will leave the premises after the function and will not stay overnight.
Security arrangements are being made in the Madurai Meenakshi Temple. The President will be arriving and leaving in a chartered flight. Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Meenakshi Temple in 2021.
