Taj Mahal earns a huge £ 98 by ticket sales in FY24; How much did Qutub Minar and Red Fort earn? | Today news
£ 98,55,27,533. This is the amount of money the Taj Mahal in FY24 has generated through ticket sales alone, and the list of earnings made by Asi-protected monuments through the route. The Mughal-era Mausoleum, built by Shah Jahan for his wife Mumtaz Mahal, has yielded revenue of £ 297 over the past five years, according to the data shared by the government. In FY24 alone, the collection through ticket sales was more than £ 98.5 crore, the data showed. Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat shared the data on Thursday in a written response to a query in the Rajya Sabha. He was asked the amount the archaeological survey of India (ASI) received from the sale of admission tickets to various monuments in the past five years, annually and monument. He was also asked to disclose information on the monuments that have received the highest income over the past five years through the sale of admission tickets. Taj Mahal statistics For all the five years, Taj Mahal has the list above the list, the written answer shared in a table form. The data further showed that the Taj Mahal in FY24 saw a footfall of 67.80.215 people, the highest in the previous five financial years. The ticket sales amount was also the highest since FY20. In that financial year, the Taj Mahal raised £ 97,11,09,995 via ticket sales. Top 10 monuments that raise the highest income here are a list of the top 10 monuments protected by the ASI by ticket sales: SL. No. Circle Monument Revenue (in £ CR) 1 Agra Taj Mahal 98.5 2 Delhi Qutub Minar 23.8 3 Delhi Red Fort 18 4 Agra Agra Fort 15.3 5 Bhubaneswar Sun Temple, Konark 12.7 6 Delhi Humayun’s Tomb 10 7 Chennaii Group of Monuments, Mamallapuram 7.4 8 Auranga Ellora Caves 7.1 9 9 Fatehpur Sikri 6.7 10 JODHPUR CHITTORGARH FORT 4.3 ASI income from other monuments in FY20, the Agra fort in Agra and Qutub Minar in Delhi were in the second and third positions. In FY21, the group of monuments Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu and Sun Temple, was in second and third positions. In FY24, Qutub Minar and Red Fort van Delhi were in the second and third positions, which yielded an income of £ 23,80,16,983 and £ 18,08,90,825 respectively. The Taj Mahal, the Taj Mahal, was instructed by Emperor Shah Jahan in the 17th century and is considered one of the most beautiful buildings in the world. It is one of the seven wonders of the world. The Mughal -era masoleum is built with ivory white marble, right on the banks of the River Yamuna in Agra. The Taj Mahal is considered the best example of mughal architecture, which contains elements of Persian, Indian and Islamic architectural styles. The Taj Mahal became a UNESCO World Heritage in 1983 and was cited as “the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world’s heritage.”