President Droupadi Murmu paid obeisance and performed aarti at the Ram temple in Ayodhya on Wednesday. In a video shared on the President's official X handle, she was seen kneeling down and bowing before the idol amid religious chants and the sound of cymbals and gongs.
Before visiting the temple in the evening, President Murmu took part in the Sarayu aarti and performed puja at the Hanumangarhi temple here.
The President was seen offering a garland of flowers to the Sarayu river as part of the aarti.
"President Droupadi Murmu had darshan and performed puja at Shri Hanuman Garhi temple, Ayodhya," the president's official X handle said in a post on the microblogging platform.
Earlier in the day, the President was received at the Ayodhya airport by Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel.
This was President Murmu's first visit to Ayodhya since the newly-built Ram temple's consecration ceremony was held on January 22
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