The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee will undertake a one day visit to Maharashtra (Pune) on February 24, 2013 to inaugurate a Vedic Cultural Centre of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).

The Vedic Cultural Centre at Pune built by ISKCON is expected to become a spiritual, architectural and educational land mark of Pune. It includes two temples, an educational centre for training students in Vedic knowledge and a hall where over 5,000 people will be served free food every day.