BENGALURU: President Ram Nath Kovind arrived in Bengaluru on Wednesday for a three-day official visit to the state. On Thursday morning, the President will visit Sri Biligiriranganathaswamy Temple in BR Hills in Chamarajnagar district.
He will inaugurate a 450-bed government teaching hospital of Chamarajnagar Institute of Medical Sciences (CIMS), Chamarajnagar, at 3.30 pm on Thursday. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar too will be present.
The President will reach Mangaluru at 7 pm. On Friday morning, he will visit Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham and Shankara Advaita Shoda Kendra (Shankara Advaita Research Centre) Sringeri, Chikkamagaluru district, and return to New Delhi at 8 pm.
Meanwhile, Energy Minister Sunil Kumar, who met the President at Raj Bhavan on Wednesday evening presented him the English translation of Kuvempu’s “Sri Ramayana Darshanam” and SL Bhyrappa’s “Parva.”