"Durga puja is not only a religious programme, it is a social festival. On this occasion my best wishes for all and I cordially invite all for the festival at my house," Mukherjee who arrived here by helicopter from Kolkata on a four-day visit said.
From the makeshift helipad Mukherjee reached the house of his elder sister Annapurna Banerjee at Kirnahar in Birbhum district.
Like earlier years Mukherjee would perform puja in his ancestral house at Mirati.
This is the third Durga puja for Mukherjee after being sworn in as the President of the country.
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"In that sense it is a social get-together and not only simply a religious performance. My father meets a number of people from different social strata during these days, Abhijit said.
On October 2, the President will pay floral tributes at the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri, at Kirnahar Shib Chandra High School, his alma mater. He will also mark the day by flagging off children squads belonging to the school on 'Swatchh Bharat Abhiyan'.
Earlier, on his arrival at the N S C Bose International Airport at Kolkata, the President was received by the West Bengal Governor Kesri Nath Tripathy and other senior officials.