Overview
- Droupadi Murmu reached Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday evening and was received by Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan before proceeding to stay at Raj Bhavan.
- Kerala Police announced layered security and traffic restrictions in the capital, including no parking along the Shanghumugham Air Force Station–Raj Bhavan route and alerts of convoy-related delays.
- On Wednesday, the President is scheduled to fly by IAF helicopter to Nilackal, travel to Pampa by road, and ascend in a convoy of four-wheel-drive vehicles and an ambulance via the Swamy Ayyappan Road for darshan and aarti at Sabarimala.
- The Travancore Devaswom Board said pilgrim access to Sannidhanam will be restricted until the President departs, with security drills and special movement protocols already rehearsed.
- The itinerary includes unveiling a bust of former President K. R. Narayanan, inaugurating the Mahasamadhi Centenary of Sree Narayana Guru, and attending functions at St. Thomas College in Pala and St. Teresa’s College in Ernakulam, with media noting the Sabarimala visit would be the first by a sitting President in decades.