President Pranab Kumar Mukherjee, after a two-day visit to Uttarakhand during which he addressed a special session of the Assembly here, left for New Delhi on Tuesday.
Before leaving the State, Mukherjee planted two Rudraksh saplings on the lawns of the Raj Bhawan. The Speaker of the State Assembly, Govind Singh Kunjwal, handed over a frame containing the signatures of all the MlAs of the State, to the President as an expression of their gratitude for his visit. Kunjwal also invited Pranab to visit Kedarnath, the famed pilgrim centre in the State.
Governor Dr KK Paul also felicitated the President by presenting him a coffee table book, locally made woollen shawl, a memento with maps of important tourist destinations in the State embossed on, a Rudraksh chain and a cap, manufactured by the Centre for Aromatic Plants, Dehradun. This aside, a set of scented oil (oil of aromatic plants) and a painting of holy Ganga were also given to the President at the Raj Bhawan.
Dr Paul expressed gratitude on behalf of the State to Mukherjee for visiting Uttarakhand and addressing a special session of the Vidhan Sabha. In reciprocation, the President presented copies of the book, ‘The Great Indian Yoga Masters’ and of his own books, ‘Thoughts and Reflections’ and
‘The Dramatic Decade - The Indira Gandhi Years’, to the Governor, Chief Minister and the Speaker.