PUTTAPARTHI, INDIA, July 14, 2002: India’s missile man and National Democratic Alliance candidate for the presidential election A P J Abdul Kalam made a low-profile visit to Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh over the weekend to meet the religious leader, Satya Sai Baba. Kalam flew into Bangalore on Saturday afternoon without any fanfare and, in the evening, left by car for Puttaparthi for a private meeting Sai Baba. After being nominated as the presidential poll nominee, which he is expected to handily win, Kalam has been to several pilgrimage centers including the Ajmer Darga in Rajasthan, Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu, where he met the Shankaracharya, and Kanyakumari near his hometown, Rameshwaram.
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