Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): The Indian Navy will on Wednesday carry out operational demonstrations at the Shangumugham Beach here as part of the Navy Day celebrations.

President Droupadi Murmu will be the chief guest at the event where 19 major war vessels, including India's indigenous aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, one submarine, four fast intervention boats, and 32 aircraft, both fighters and surveillance aircraft and helicopters, will demonstrate their prowess.

Murmu will arrive in the state capital at 4.20 pm and will be greeted with a guard of honor, official sources said.

She will attend the Navy Day celebrations and watch the naval exercises, after which she will go to the Lok Bhavan, the sources said.

The President will return to Delhi on Thursday morning, they said.

The Thiruva

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