Governor Anandiben Patel and senior Union Minister Surya Pratap Shahi welcomed him at the airport.

The President went straight from the airport to Hanuman Garhi temple and then to Ram temple.

Later in the evening she will attend Saryu Maha Aarti before returning to Delhi.

Draupadi Murmu will be the third President to visit Ayodhya and the second President to visit Ramlala.

Earlier, former President Ramnath Kovind had worshiped Ramlala.

As President, late Giani Zail Singh also visited Ayodhya in 1983. Then he prayed at Hanuman Garhi and Kanak Bhawan.