HUDCO has planned and designed several heritage and tourism related projects and plans such as:

Development of tourist facilities, Interpretation Centers, and traffic interchange nodes for various World Heritage Sites such as Agra, Ajanta Caves, Fatehpur Sikri, Bodhgaya and Dholavira.
Development Plan with focus on Tourism & Conservation, Mahabalipuram. Master Plan for development of Thirunallar Temple Town.
Detailed Project Reports for the following destinations and Tourism Circuits
Central Circuit Madhya Pradesh
Jammu – Rajouri – Poonch
Lakhnpur-Basoli-Banj-Sarthal
Chattisgarh
Assam-Kaziranga National Park
Heritage Buildings in Mysore

108’ High Statue of Lord Shiva

Pilgrim Cum Cultural Complex, Solophok, Namchi

The Pilgrim cum Cultural Centre in Namchi, is located on top of the hill at Solophok and spread over 7 acres of land. The focal point of this complex is the 108 ft. statue of Lord Shiva on a sitting posture on the Solophok hill. The complex has replicas of twelve jyotirlingas and char dhams viz. places of religious pilgrimage for Hindus. It also has other facilities like VIP guest house, Yatri Niwas, auditorium, and other tourist amenities. HUDCO has received Indian Building Congress Award for this project.

Yatri Niwas, Sikkim

Badrinath Dham replica

VIP Guest House, Sikkim

Hall beneath Shiva statue

Jyotirlinga replica

Yatri Niwas & Kirateshwar statue

Nag path and Dwar

Central Path with Nandi Statue

Development of Interpretation Centre for Tourists, Dholavira

Dholavira, now a World Heritage Site, is a site of excavation on the settlements of the Indus Valley Civilisation in Gujarat. After the Bhuj earthquake, HUDCO worked on the housing of victims of earthquake as also the development of the Interpretation Centre at Dholavira.

Interpretation Centre, Dholavira

Thirunallar Queue Complex

Queue Complex for Lord Darbaraneswara Temple, Thirunallur

The temple town Thirunallar is a small town where the centre of focus is the temple of Lord Darbaraneswara. The queue complex was planned to be a self-contained unit with all basic amenities, administrative building, shopping along the queue avenue, locker facilities, tourist information centre, accommodation booking office, ticket counter for darshan and recreational and cultural zones with pedestrian spaces. Thirunallar Queue Complex was awarded “Outstanding Public Utility Building Project in Puducherry UT” by the Indian Concrete Institute (Puducherry Chapter) in 2016.

Riverside Shopping & Traffic Interchange Node: Bodhgaya

The Shopping Complex was designed and constructed to accommodate the shops that were proposed to be relocated from the vicinity of the World Heritage Site of Mahabodhi Temple complex to a site out of the heritage zone. The complex is designed in a cluster layout format and accommodates 70 shops and kiosks of varied types and scale along with amenities arranged around stepped courts and pavilions.

Open Air theatre in Shopping Node of Bodhgaya

Walkways in shopping complex

Shopping Complex and Interpretation Centre, at Fatehpur Sikri

The design elements and materials in the project are chosen with careful consideration to create a Mughal architectural style. The facilities provided include an Interpretation center, 80 shops, 4 restaurants and parking for green buses and cars.

Shopping and parking Node at Ajanta

The cluster of shops and kiosks, bus and car parking and green buses to take tourists to the Ajanta caves was provided in the Shopping and parking node. The existing haphazaed commercial establishments and parking lots were done away with.

Parking Node at Ajanta

Tourist cottages, Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari

Design & Development of Cottage & Allied Facilities at Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari

The Layout plan of the Tourist complex, cottage design elements and materials in the project reflect the vernacular architecture of the region. The Landscape Design and plantation is sustainable and native to the geo-climate conditions so that the complex is sensitive to the surroundings and environment. It provides a welcoming and green ambience alongside comfort and facilities such as amphitheatre, lawns, pathways, pond etc.

Spiritual Tourism Circuit Development, Puducherry

This is unique project of developing and designing a Spiritual Tourism Circuit Development Plan conceptualized under the government programme - “Spiritual Circuit of Swadesh Darshan.” It has multiple sites & mainly covers the prioritized spiritual destinations at Puducherry and in Karaikal.

Spiritual Tourism Circuit Development