The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, has enabled online ticket booking for more than 170 centrally
protected monuments and museums on the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC).
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The move expands digital access to ASI monuments and museums, allowing visitors from India and abroad to book entry tickets seamlessly through multiple ONDC-enabled applications. By integrating ASI’s ticketing system on an open digital network, users can choose from different platforms to purchase tickets.
Visitors booking through ONDC-enabled applications will continue to receive existing benefits, including a ₹5 discount for Indian visitors and ₹50 for foreign nationals. Online booking also allows visitors to bypass physical ticketing queues at monuments and museums.
The integration has been technically enabled by NDML (NSDL Database Management Limited), which has onboarded ASI’s entire inventory of monuments and museums onto the ONDC Network.
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Tickets are currently available on platforms such as Highway Delite, Pelocal’s WhatsApp-based ticketing service, and Abhee by Mondee, with more consumer-facing applications in various stages of integration.
