KATHMANDU: President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Monday morning left for New Delhi in India to pay a five-day state visit to the southern neighbour. It is the President's first foreign visit since her election to the top post in October 2015. Vice-President Nanda Bahadur Pun, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Speaker Onsari Gharti among others saw Bhandari off at the Tribhuvan International Airport today. President Bhandari will lead a 34-member team comprising Minister for Foreign Affairs Prakash Sharan Mahat and Minister for Peace and Reconstruction Sita Devi Yadav. The government has announced a public holiday today on the occasion of the President's departure. Upon the invitation of her Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee, the President would stay at the Rashtrapati Bhawan as a state guest. The President would return home on Friday, April 21.