President Ram Nath Kovind is on a day visit to Gujarat visited the Statue of Unity and participated in a prayer meeting and paid tribute to the iron man of India Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his death anniversary .

The President has also visited the various places like Valley of Flowers, Wall of Unity, Museum and Exhibition Halls and others at the venue of Statue of Unity. President Kovind is accompanied by Governor of Gujarat Om Prakash Kohli, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal among others.

President will also lay the foundation stone of new ultra modern Railway Station at Kevadia which will connect the Statue of Unity project to the rest of India with broadgauge railway line.