All schools and colleges in the city have also been closed for the next three days, local government spokesman J.N. Chamber told media, adding that the rioting - sparked by the deaths of four men hit by a truck - was now under control.
Ten people have been injured and one person was shot dead in the rioting, he said. The injured included 10 police and four firefighters.
Riots have erupted around the Taj Mahal after four men were killed by a speeding truck
Angry resident in the Nai Mandi area of the city went "berserk after a speeding truck killed four people," said Vikram Singh, the director-general of police in Lucknow, the state capital of Uttar Pradesh.
The victims, all Muslims, were walking home after a religious festival, Singh said.
The mob torched 20 vehicles including 10 trucks and blocked the highway connecting Agra with New Delhi, about 210 kilometres (130 miles) to the northwest, Singh said.
People came out on the streets throwing stones at the police.
Armed riot police were sent to quell the rioters, Singh said.
The Nai Mandi neighborhood of Agra is home to both Hindus and Muslims and the two communities have often clashed, but Chamber said the rioting was not sectarian.
The white-marble Taj Mahal is a monument built by the Mogul Emperor Shah Jahan between 1632 and 1654 for his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal.
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