Updated On: 04 July, 2023 04:13 PM IST | Anagha Sawant
Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar and his wife Sudesh Dhankhar offered prayers at the famed Kamakhya temple here on Tuesday see pics (Photo/PTI)

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The Vice-President and his wife first prayed at Saubhagya kund (pond) of the temple before entering the sanctum sanctorum to pay their obeisance. They also made a `parikram` (circumambulation) of the temple
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Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and his wife Sudesh Dhankhar being welcomed by Assam Governor Gulab Chand Kataria and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma upon their arrival in Guwahati

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Dhankhar will address the 25th convocation of the IIT-G as chief guest and interact with its students. Altogether, 1990 students will be graduating this year
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Soon after landing, Dhankhar and his wife drove to the temple atop the Nilachal Hills to offer prayers to the Goddess

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The duo was received at the temple by Governor Kataria, Tourism Minister Jayanta Malla Baruah, priests and shrine officials
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