LUCKNOW, April 21 -- The six major entry gates to Ayodhya will be developed into tourist service centres, a press statement issued by the state government on Monday read.

Shri Ram, Lakshman, Bharat, Hanuman, Garuda, and Jatayu gates are being developed as gate complexes. Tourist facilitation centres will be constructed near all six gates, with the development of budget hotels and guest houses, art and craft galleries, food courts, amphitheaters, multi-level parking, green zones, and EV charging stations set to come up here, the statement read.

The Uttar Pradesh tourism department has finalised the blueprint, and work on the outlined construction and development projects will begin soon.

According to the blueprint prepared, among the si...