President Droupadi Murmu accompanied by West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Tuesday visited Belur Math, the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, founded by Swami Vivekananda in the late 19th century
All pictures by Ramakrishna Math and Mission, Belur Math
The President was received by Swami Suviranandaji Maharaj, general secretary of the mission, and state minister Birbaha Hansda
Murmu visited the temples of Ramakrishna and Maa Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda's room and his memorial site in the complex
Murmu was gifted a saree and a basket of fruits and sweets by the mission authorities
The President went around the Math complex in a battery-operated vehicle
The Math was kept closed on Tuesday for other visitors till 10 am in view of the President's security
The trip to Belur Math was part of Murmu's two-day visit to West Bengal
