Agra Monument Ticket Prices: Indian, SAARC and Foreign Visitor Categories Explained

Agra does not have one universal monument ticket. I compared the official rates for Indian, SAARC or BIMSTEC, and foreign visitors, including the conditions that change the amount.

Why I looked this up

I kept finding references to a single “Agra ticket price”, which made me wonder whether one ticket covered the Taj Mahal, Agra Fort and the other monuments. So I looked through the official pages maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India’s Agra Circle, the Taj Mahal website and District Agra.

The short answer is no: each monument has its own entry fee. The amount can also depend on whether the visitor is Indian, from a SAARC or BIMSTEC country, or in the foreigner/NRI category. The Taj Mahal’s main mausoleum is another separately charged component.

Core summary

This is the order I would use to read the official fee table:

Choose the monument rather than looking for one Agra-wide admission price.
Select the relevant visitor category: Indian, SAARC/BIMSTEC or Foreigner/NRI.
Check whether a Friday or same-day “after visiting Taj” condition is shown.
For the Taj Mahal, decide separately whether access to the main mausoleum is required.
Check whether the ticket will be bought online or at an official ticket window, because the Taj Mahal page states limited online discounts.

The ASI Agra Circle page publishes the following amounts. Where several figures appear, I have kept each condition separate instead of presenting the lowest figure as the general price.

Monument	Indian	SAARC/BIMSTEC	Foreigner/NRI
Taj Mahal	₹50	₹540	₹1,100
Agra Fort	₹50; ₹40 on Friday	₹90; ₹40 on Friday or after visiting Taj on the same day	₹650; ₹600 on Friday or after visiting Taj on the same day
Fatehpur Sikri	₹50; ₹40 on Friday	₹50; ₹40 on Friday or after visiting Taj on the same day	₹610; ₹600 on Friday or after visiting Taj on the same day
Akbar’s Tomb, Sikandra	₹30; ₹25 on Friday	₹30; ₹25 on Friday or after visiting Taj on the same day	₹310; ₹300 on Friday or after visiting Taj on the same day
Itimad-ud-Daulah’s Tomb	₹30; ₹25 on Friday	₹30; ₹25 on Friday or after visiting Taj on the same day	₹310; ₹300 on Friday or after visiting Taj on the same day
Mehtab Bagh	₹25	₹25	₹300
Ram Bagh	₹25	₹25	₹300
Mariyam’s Tomb	₹25	₹25	₹300

These rows are individual monument prices. A Taj Mahal entry ticket should not be read as admission to Agra Fort, Fatehpur Sikri or another site.

The Taj Mahal mausoleum charge is separate

The official Taj Mahal page lists the main entry prices as ₹50 for Indian visitors, ₹540 for SAARC/BIMSTEC visitors and ₹1,100 for foreign tourists or NRIs. It then states that visiting the main mausoleum requires an additional ticket costing ₹200 per person.

That ₹200 is not a replacement for the applicable Taj Mahal entry ticket. It is an additional component for someone who wishes to enter the main mausoleum. I would therefore keep the two decisions separate: first choose the correct visitor-category ticket, then add the mausoleum ticket only when that access is required.

The Taj Mahal is closed on Fridays for general viewing, so the Friday rates shown for certain other Agra monuments should not be applied to ordinary Taj Mahal admission.

Online tickets and ticket windows

The official Taj Mahal visitor page says online purchasers receive a discount of ₹5 per Indian ticket and ₹50 per foreigner ticket. It does not separately state an online-discount amount for the SAARC/BIMSTEC category, so I would not assume that either published discount automatically applies to that category.

For counter purchases, the same page identifies ticket windows at the Western Gate near Saheli Burj and at the Eastern Gate. It says these windows operate from one hour before sunrise until 45 minutes before sunset. The Southern Gate is listed as exit-only rather than an entry and ticketing route.

These online and counter details are specific to the Taj Mahal information page. They should not be extended to every monument in the table without checking that monument’s current arrangements.

What I found about the ADA Pathkar condition

I was still curious about the lower “after visiting Taj” figures. The ASI Agra Circle page explains them through an Agra Development Authority Pathkar or Toll Tax condition.

According to that page, foreign visitors—including SAARC and BIMSTEC citizens—who buy the ₹500 ADA Pathkar ticket at one of five named monuments do not need another Pathkar ticket when visiting the listed monuments on the same day. Those five monuments are the Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, Fatehpur Sikri, Akbar’s Tomb and Itimad-ud-Daulah’s Tomb. The page also says that ADA does not levy this toll tax on Fridays.

The important distinction is that this is a same-day rule for the Pathkar component. It does not turn the first monument’s admission ticket into a pass covering the other monuments. Their individual entry charges and visitor categories still need to be checked.

My final checking list

Before paying, I would confirm these points in order:

the exact monument being visited;
Indian, SAARC/BIMSTEC or Foreigner/NRI category;
the ordinary, Friday or qualifying same-day rate;
whether the ₹500 ADA Pathkar condition is relevant;
whether Taj Mahal main-mausoleum access is required for an additional ₹200 per person; and
for a Taj Mahal purchase, whether the official online route or an official gate window is being used.

That separation made the official figures much easier for me to understand. It also avoids the misleading assumption that ₹50, ₹540 or ₹1,100 represents a single ticket for every monument in Agra. The District Agra page notes that fees can be revised by ASI or ADA, so the current official page and amount presented at purchase remain worth checking.