The courts may have allowed visitors to view the Taj Mahal at night, but it is going to be a costly affair.
The Archaeological Survey of India has fixed the entrance tickets at Rs.750 ($17) for foreign visitors and Rs.510 ($11) for Indians.
Civic authorities will impose additional taxes of up to Rs.1,000 ($22) for foreigners and Rs.500 for Indians.
Tickets will be available from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Paramilitary personnel will man the 17th century monument to love from the inside, while more than 100 policemen will guard it from outside on the nights it will be opened.
Special equipment, including night vision devices, X-ray machines and huge dragon lights has also been arranged to help in security.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court permitted the Uttar Pradesh government to open the Taj Mahal to visitors on five moonlit nights a month.
The court lifted a ban imposed in May 2000 to allow the viewing of the 17th century monument on full moon nights as well as the two nights preceding and succeeding the full moon.
The monument would be kept open from 8.30 p.m. to 12.30 a.m. on these nights. But no night viewing would be allowed if the full moon night fell on a Friday.
The order, which comes into effect immediately, will remain in force for three months.
--Indo-Asian News Service