Veraval Lighthouse

Veraval Lighthouse stands on the Arabian Sea approximately 2.5 km west of the harbour at Veraval in Gujarat. The port's first light, in the 1860s, was only a wick lamp hoisted on a flag mast. A 14 m octagonal tower followed in 1865 within the port premises, and it gained optical equipment from Chance Bros. of Birmingham in 1876. After the lighthouse expert D. Alan Stevenson recommended a move in 1927, a new site was eventually chosen in 1964-65, and the present light was commissioned on 1 July 1967.

The cylindrical tower of reinforced concrete has a D-shaped cross section and horizontal bands of black and white. Its occulting white light is briefly eclipsed once every 15 seconds and has been automated since a 1996 upgrade. Under India's Lighthouse Tourism initiative it became a heritage and tourism site, opening to the public on 1 July 2023 with visitor facilities, educational exhibits and panoramic views of the coast.