Prez Kovind to visit Tirupati-Tirumala

Press Trust of India  |  Amaravati 

President Ram Nath Kovind will visit the holy town Tirupati-on September 1 and 2 during which the will host a civic reception for him.

The president will arrive in Tirupati at 3 pm on September 1 and proceed to Tiruchanoor to worship Goddess Padmavati.


Governor and Chief Minister will receive and accompany the president.

Kovind will then proceed to the Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences and inaugurate a hospital building, a senior official of the General Administration Department here said.

The state will felicitate the president at the civic reception at the Sri Venkateswara Arts College.

He will lay the foundation stone for the Skill Training Academy and give away sanction letters to beneficiaries of 'Stand-Up India' programme, the official said.

The president will then attend a state dinner at 7.15 pm at the Silparamam and from there proceed to the Hills.

After an overnight stay, Kovind will worship Lord Venkateswara in on the morning of September 2.

He will depart for New Delhi by a special aircraft from Tirupati International Airport at Renigunta at 9.20 am, added the official.

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First Published: Wed, August 30 2017. 13:22 IST