When I checked, I found out that I had featured three lighthouses on the island of Sri Lanka as Lighthouses of the Week, but not a single one from India. And India does have lighthouses, in various states of between working and active to inactive and abandoned.
I'll probably feature a couple. The one I chose this week is a tall one in Chennai (here's where it is), striped red and white and 151 feet tall, a pentagonal tower with what looks like balconies.
From the Lighthouse Directory:
"1977 (station established 1796). Active; focal plane 57 m (187 ft); two white flashes every 10 s. 46 m (151 ft) pentagonal cylindrical concrete tower with lantern and double gallery, attached to a 3-story circular harbor control building. The two seaward sides of the lighthouse are painted with horizontal red and white bands."And a bit of recent history: it was damaged by the great tsunami on December 26, 2004. But it survived and has reopened to visitors.
The pictures:
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