President Droupadi Murmu to visit Odisha in July last week, attend several programmes

President Droupadi Murmu is scheduled to visit Odisha once again in the last week of July and grace several programs, reports said. This will be the third visit of Murmu to Odisha after taking charge of the highest office in India in July 2022.

During her visit to the state, she will attend the valedictory ceremony of the 75th-anniversary celebrations of Orissa High Court on July 26.

Later, as per the itinerary, she will also travel to Bhadrak to attend the Diamond Jubilee of Bhadrak Autonomous College on July 27.

More details on her visit to the state are awaited.

On her last visit, President Murmu had attended a function marking the Foundation Day of the Jnanaprabha Mission. She also had attended the Second Convocation of Rama Devi Women's University where she has completed her graduation in 1979. She was conferred with an honorary degree on its first convocation after the college was upgraded to a full-fledged university.

Later, on day two, the President started her day with a visit to Lord Lingaraj temple in the state capital and later attended a function in Cuttack to inaugurate the 2nd Indian Rice Congress at National Rice Research Institute. 

Earlier, the President had visited Tapoban High School, Unit-II Government Girls High School and Kuntala Kumari Sabat Adivasi Girls Hostel Unit-II in Bhubaneswar, where she had her schooling. She had also visited Lord Jagannath Temple at Puri on her first visit.