In his maiden presidential visit to Kochi-Muziris Biennale, president Pranab Mukherjee will visit Aspinwall House, the main venue of the Biennale tomorrow. In the evening, he will deliver the K S Rajamani Memorial Lecture at Le Meridien Convention Centre. He will leave for Chennai at 6.50 pm.

Yesterday, Venu Rajamani, press secretary to the President, will inaugurate an exhibition of 111 caricatures of the President drawn by artists from different countries. The exhibition is part of the National Cartoon Caricature Festival to be held in the city from May 4 to 8.

Last week, a high-level meeting convened by the Chief Secretary had assessed the security arrangements for the Presidents visit.

The District Collector inspected the security preparedness at Fort Kochi, where the President will be attending two programmes.


Image: The place where the Biennale is being held gets a makeover. Tiled floors, cement work on the walls, replaced dirt floors, which though looked spruced up, took away from rustic feel of the venue. Pic: Rajesh Karkera