Rashtrapati Nilayam, Presidential retreat in Bolarum, India

Rashtrapati Nilayam is an official presidential retreat in the Bolarum neighborhood of Hyderabad, India. The estate includes expansive lawns, manicured gardens, and a main building used for ceremonial and administrative purposes.

Built in 1860 by Nizam Nazir-ud-Dowla as the Residency House, it served as the country house of the British Resident at Secunderabad. After Hyderabad State joined the Indian Union in 1948, it became the president's winter retreat, known as the Southern Sojourn.

The name means "president's house", from Hindi rashtrapati and Telugu nilayam, and the estate was long called Residency House. Since March 2023 visitors can walk the grounds, see the Knowledge Gallery with belongings of past presidents and a statue of Droupadi Murmu, and attend Kala Sandhya cultural evenings on weekend afternoons.

Rashtrapati Nilayam opened to the public in March 2023, with guided tours booked on the Rashtrapati Bhavan website for slots between 10 AM and 5 PM, Tuesday to Sunday. Cultural evenings, Kala Sandhya, run from 5 to 7 PM on Saturdays and Sundays. The 90-acre grounds hold six gardens, three revived stepwells and a 120 ft Burma teak flagpost, so allow time to walk between them.

The kitchen tunnel linking the kitchen and dining hall was restored in March 2023 and now carries Telangana's Cheriyal folk art. It is a passage at ground level, not an underground one, and once kept food service out of sight during formal meals.