Navibandar Lighthouse

Navibandar is about 35 Km East of Porbandar on Porbandar- Veraval coastal highway. Bhadar an important river of Saurashtra flows into the sea about half a km West of Navibandar Lighthouse. The coastline consists of sand hills and vegetation around the inhabitations. Navibandar is still a fishing port. Navibandar was part of Porbandar princely state and was an important transit centre cum check post prior to independence. It was a walled village with regular court and a jail. The Lighthouse was built here in 1896 on a bastion of the fort wall on seaside. The light source was an oil lamp inside a 6th order optic. During one of the cyclones in 1908-09 the lighthouse was severely damaged and could be revived only in 1910. In 1966 DA gas flashing light was installed in 300 mm optical equipment of AGA make. Under the program of modernization of lights and adoption of solar energy in the operation of Lighthouses, Navibandar was one of the earliest lights changed over to electronic flasher and solar panels charging the batteries. The system was commissioned into service on 21st February 1993. The optical equipment was replaced by 500 mm size equipment and light source replaced by cluster of 3 halogen lamps each 24V 70 W on 10th October 1999.

Master Ledger of Navibandar Lighthouse(232.83 KB)