President APJ Abdul Kalam left Thiruvananthapuram on Friday morning for Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu after an overnight visit to the state capital.
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Kalam was seen off at the airport by Governor RL Bhatia and city Mayor Jayan Babu.
The President would visit the Vivekananda Rock Memorial and the Tiruvalluvar statue in Kanyakumari besides visiting the Koodamkulam nuclear power station.
Later in the day, he would attend the convocation ceremony at the Manonmaniyam Sundaranar University in Tirunelveli.
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