President Droupadi Murmu with the newly unveiled tourist attractions. Photo: X.
Hyderabad: President Droupadi Murmu’s annual sojourn at the Rashtrapati Nilayam here concluded on Saturday and she flew back to the national capital.
Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, his ministerial colleagues and several other dignitaries gave a warm send-off to the President at the Air Force Station, Hakimpet here.
The President arrived in Hyderabad on December 18 as part of the annual southern sojourn and stayed at the Rashtrapathi Nilayam located in Bollarum in Secunderabad.
During her stay, the President visited the handloom and spinning unit as well as the theme pavilion at Pochampally in Yadadri Bhuvnagiri district on December 20.
A replica of the flag post on which the tricolour was hoisted, after the taking down of the Hyderabad flag, soon after the liberation of the Princely State of Hyderabad was inaugurated by President Droupadi Murmu on December 21 among the various tourist attractions inaugurated at Rashtrapati Nilayam.
The President visits the Rashtrapati Nilayam and stays there at least once a year and conducts official business from the Nilayam, one of the Presidential Retreats.
Constructed in 1860, this building (Rashtrapati Nilayam) has a total land area of 90 acres. A single-storied building, it contains 11 rooms. It also has a dining hall, cinema hall, Darbar Hall and dining room among others.
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