The proposed State guest house -Uttarakhand Sadan will be constructed in the temple town of Ayodhya as per the architectural style of the mountainous areas of the State. The State guest house in Ayodhya will be constructed on a plot measuring about one acre. The proposed site is at a distance of seven kilometres from the Ram temple. The department of Estate of Uttarakhand has transferred a sum of Rs three crore to the Awas Vikas Sansthan (AVS) of Uttar Pradesh as an advance for the land. The AVS is learnt to have sought a sum of Rs 33 crore for transferring the land to Uttarakhand government. The State Estate officer Lakshman Singh said the proposed Uttarakhand Sadan in Ayodhya will be the fourth guest house of Uttarakhand outside the state after Delhi, Mumbai and Lucknow. He said that Bhoomi Pujan on the land will be performed after the formalities of transfer of land get completed. The outlay and the detailed project report will be prepared after the Bhoomi Pujan ceremony.
It is learnt that the State government wants the proposed Uttarakhand Sadan to reflect the architecture, culture and traditions of the State. Murals depicting all the four Dhams of Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri will be made on the walls of the proposed building in Ayodhya.