secunderabad former president pranab mukherjee was one of the few heads of the state who never missed his southern sojourn pranabda as he was affectionately called used to enjoy his stay at the rashtrapati nilayam the official retreat home of the indian president at bollarumthe staff at rashtrapati nilayam officials of the protocol department postal and sanitation staff have fond memories of the 13th president of india the nakshatra vatika developed on the similar lines of rashtrapati bhavan in delhi was inaugurated by mukherjee in 2015 pranabjis regular morning walk was around the nakshatra vatika garden he also used to water the plants and spend at least 10 minutes at this spot every day said a caretaker of the gardenminutes before his arrival in 2015 a cobra was caught at the rp nilayam snakes are not new to this place but the fact that such a huge one was slithering towards the building made the officials nervous even resident welfare associations recollect the manner he responded to their postcard campaign we posted 2000 cards to pranab at the bollarum post office he sought a report on this issue from the then defence minister manohar parrikar said united federation of rwas general secretary bt srinivas