Overview

• Jagdeep Dhankhar and his wife Sudesh Dhankhar were forced to return to Kochi Airport after adverse weather grounded their helicopter en route to Guruvayur.
• The scheduled two-hour visit to Guruvayur Sree Krishna Temple was canceled despite extensive security measures, traffic restrictions and a designated landing zone.
• After resting at Kochi Airport, the vice president will travel by road to Kalamassery to interact with students at the National University of Advanced Legal Studies around 11 a.m.
• Officials anticipate his departure from Kochi at 12:55 p.m. for a return flight to Delhi, wrapping up the first leg of his two-day tour of Kerala.
• Preparations for the visit had included public entry curbs, suspension of temple functions and a planned helicopter landing on a nearby college ground.