New Delhi, October 01: President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday arrived to Ahmedabad on a five-day visit to Gujarat, officials said.
The President, during her trip, is scheduled to visit Porbandar, the birth place of Mahatma Gandhi and Sasan Gir, the last abode of Asiatic lions, officials said, adding she will also go to Dwarka and Somnath.
In the city, Patil will visit Gandhi Ashram on Thursday and inaugurate a community hall built at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel memorial, they said.
The President’s itinerary also includes a visit to Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) popularly known as Amul Dairy in Anand.
On 2nd October, Gandhi Jayanti, she will attend all-religious prayer to be held at Mahatma Gandhi Kriti Mandir in Porbandar.
She will go to Sasan Gir on the same day and will have an overnight stay there, they said.
—Agencies