President Droupadi Murmu offered prayers at the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala on October 22 after reaching Pamba in a special convoy at around 11 am. She washed her feet in the Pampa river and then offered prayers at the nearby temples, including the Lord Ganapathy shrine.

Thereafter, the melshanthi of the Ganapathy temple, Vishnu Namboothiri, filled the sacred bundle, or 'irumudikkettu' of Murmu, who was dressed in a black saree, at the 'Kettunira Mandapam'.

Besides the President, her ADC Saurabh S Nair, PSO Vinay Mathur and son-in-law Ganesh Chandra Hombram also got their sacred bundles, district officials said in a statement.

Subsequently, they threw coconuts at a stone wall near the temple, and holding their sacred bundles on their heads, they boarded the special four-wheel driv

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