Guide fee · Akshardham, Delhi
Akshardham — guide fee, and whether you need one
A licensed guide at Akshardham is ₹900 for a half day and ₹1,500 for a full day in English, in ten languages up to ₹3,000. Entry to the monument is Mandir free; exhibitions ₹260 adult, ₹210 senior, ₹160 child 4–11 for an Indian visitor and Mandir free; exhibitions ₹260 adult, ₹210 senior, ₹160 child 4–11 for a foreign one, paid separately at the gate. It opens at 10:00 AM and is closed on Monday.
Guide · half day
₹900
Guide · full day
₹1,500
Entry — Indian
Mandir free; exhibitions ₹260 adult
Time needed
4–5 hours with the exhibitions
The short answer
Do you need a guide at Akshardham?
Do you need a guide at Akshardham?
No — and here it is not a judgement about value but about access. Akshardham runs its own visitor operation, does not admit phones or cameras, and does not work like a monument an outside guide walks you through. The complex provides its own exhibition commentary, and that is the commentary you will get.
When it is worth it anyway
Any day that also includes the Red Fort and Chandni Chowk. Akshardham is a half day in its own right. If you have a spare afternoon in Delhi and want the modern stone-carving tradition rather than the Mughal one, go — and go without a guide, because the complex runs its own.
At the gate
- Entry — Indian
- Mandir free; exhibitions ₹260 adult, ₹210 senior, ₹160 child 4–11
- Entry — foreign
- Mandir free; exhibitions ₹260 adult, ₹210 senior, ₹160 child 4–11
- Children
- ₹160 (4–11); under 4 free
- Opens
- 10:00 AM
- Closes
- Last entry 6:30 PM
- Closed on
- Monday
- Time needed
- 4–5 hours with the exhibitions
Phones, cameras and bags are not admitted — leave them in the car. Musical fountain ₹110 adult and ₹80 child, about 7:30 PM depending on the season.
Every figure above, on our full Akshardham guideThe guide's part
What a guide actually does at Akshardham
Four specific things, rather than "expert commentary". If none of them is worth ₹900 to you, do not book one.
Tells you the thing that actually ruins visits here: phones, cameras and bags are not admitted, the deposit queue is slow, and you should plan to leave everything in the car.
Gets the time budget right. Four to five hours with the exhibitions, which is why Akshardham does not fit into a day that also covers Old Delhi — a fact worth knowing before you build the itinerary rather than at two in the afternoon.
Explains what you are choosing between: the mandir alone is free and takes about an hour; the exhibitions are ₹260 and are the bulk of the time; the musical fountain is ₹110 and runs after sunset.
What it costs
The guide fee, and the fee at the gate
Our guides are hired by the half or full day rather than per monument, so Akshardham normally sits inside a Delhi day with one or two other sights. The entry ticket is separate and goes to the monument, not to us.
Half day
4 hours, 40 km included
₹900guide only
With a vehicle and driver
- Sedan (Swift Dzire / Honda Amaze) — 4 seats
- ₹2,400
- SUV (Ertiga / Innova) — 6–7 seats
- ₹3,100
- Innova Crysta — 7 seats
- ₹3,700
Guide ₹900 plus the published 4 hr / 40 km rental package. Monument entry tickets are paid at the gate and are not included.
Full day
8 hours, 80 km included
₹1,500guide only
With a vehicle and driver
- Sedan (Swift Dzire / Honda Amaze) — 4 seats
- ₹4,000
- SUV (Ertiga / Innova) — 6–7 seats
- ₹5,000
- Innova Crysta — 7 seats
- ₹6,000
Guide ₹1,500 plus the published 8 hr / 80 km rental package. Monument entry tickets are paid at the gate and are not included.
English rates shown. Hindi is lower; the seven foreign languages run ₹2,500 to ₹3,000 a day — the whole card is on the rate-card page. Entry at Akshardham is Mandir free; exhibitions ₹260 adult, ₹210 senior, ₹160 child 4–11 for an Indian visitor and Mandir free; exhibitions ₹260 adult, ₹210 senior, ₹160 child 4–11 for a foreign one, paid at the gate.
On hiring a guide at the gate instead
Archaeological Survey of India monuments admit licensed guides and turn away unlicensed ones at the ticket gate. An unlicensed "guide" who approaches you outside the Taj Mahal or Amber Fort cannot accompany you inside, which is why the pitch is always made in the car park. We do not publish a rate for a guide hired at the gate because we do not set one — ask to see the licence card before you agree a price, and check that the photograph matches the person.
Akshardham and nearby
What the visit looks like
Photographed at Akshardham and the sights a Delhi day usually pairs it with.
Questions people ask
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Also worth reading
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Book a Delhi day instead
Akshardham does not need a guide on its own, but a Delhi half or full day does. Send your dates and we will put the right sights together around it, from ₹900.
We send the guide’s licence card before you pay anything. Nothing is charged to confirm.