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Taj Mahal top earning ASI monument via ticket sales

ASI Taj Mahal Gajendra Singh Shekhawat the Rajya Sabha
Taj Mahal, Mughal-era mausoleum

New Delhi: Mughal-era mausoleum Taj Mahal was the top earning ASI-protected monument through ticket sales in the last five years, according to data shared by the government.

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Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat shared the data in a written response to a query in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

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He was asked the amount that the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has received from selling entry tickets to various monuments in the last five years, year-wise and monument-wise; and the monuments that have received the highest income through sale of entry tickets in the last five years.

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