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	== See also ==		== See also ==
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	* [[Chennai Lighthouse]]		* [[Chennai Lighthouse]]
	* [[List of lighthouses in India]]		* [[List of lighthouses in India]]

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	~~\| image_name =~~ Mahabalipuram Lighthouse.~~jpg~~		'''Mahabalipuram Lighthouse''' is located in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite rowlett\|indse\|accessdate=8 February 2016}}</ref> It has been open to tourists since 2011. It was closed in 2001 following a perceived threat from the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]]. The first light was commissioned here in 1887 on the roof of the [[Olakkannesvara Temple]]. The lighthouse, with a circular masonry tower made of natural stone, became fully functional in 1904. India's oldest lighthouse, built around 640 CE by [[Pallava]] king [[Mahendravarman I]] stands next to this modern structure. The Pallava era lighthouse is a protected monument, maintained by the [[Archaeological Survey of India]].<ref name="TTOI">{{cite news \|last1=D \|first1=Madhavan \|title=Mamallapuram light house opens for tourists \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Mamallapuram-light-house-opens-for-tourists/articleshow/7667264.cms \|accessdate=17 September 2014 \|agency=10 March 2011 \|work=The Times of India \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151021021727/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Mamallapuram-light-house-opens-for-tourists/articleshow/7667264.cms \|archive-date=21 October 2015 \|url-status=live}}</ref>
	\| ~~caption~~ = The lighthouse in ~~2015~~
	~~\| location =~~ [[~~Mahabalipuram~~]], [[~~Tamil Nadu~~]]~~<br />~~[[India]]
	~~\| coordinates~~ = {{~~coord\|12.615241\|N\|80.191840~~\|~~E\|display~~=~~inline,title}}~~
	\| ~~yearbuilt~~ = ~~1887 (first)~~
	\| ~~yearlit~~ = ~~1900 (current)~~
	\| ~~construction~~ = ~~stone tower~~
	\| ~~shape~~ = ~~cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern~~
	\| ~~marking~~ = ~~unpainted tower, red lantern dome~~
	\| ~~height~~ = ~~{{convert\|26\|m~~\|~~ft}}~~
	~~\| focalheight~~ = ~~{{convert\|42\|m~~\|~~ft}}~~
	~~\| lens~~ = ~~2nd order Fresnel lens~~
	\| ~~lightsource~~ = ~~mains power~~
	~~\| characteristic = Fl W 10s.~~
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	~~'''Mahabalipuram Lighthouse''' is located in~~ [[~~Tamil Nadu~~]]~~, [[India]].<ref>~~{{~~cite rowlett\|indse~~\|~~accessdate=8 February 2016~~}}~~</ref> It has been open to tourists since 2011. It was closed in 2001 following a perceived threat from the~~ [[~~Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam~~]]. The first light ~~was commissioned here in 1887~~. The lighthouse~~, with a circular masonry tower made of natural stone, became fully functional in 1904. India's oldest~~ lighthouse~~, built around 640 AD by [[Pallava]] king [[Mahendravarman I]] stands next~~ to ~~this modern structure. The Pallava era lighthouse is a protected monument, maintained by the [[Archaeological Survey of India]]~~.<ref ~~name="TTOI"~~>~~{{cite news \|last1=D \|first1=Madhavan \|title=Mamallapuram light house opens for tourists \|url=~~http://~~timesofindia~~.~~indiatimes~~.~~com/city~~/chennai/~~Mamallapuram-light-house-opens-for-tourists/articleshow/7667264~~.~~cms \|accessdate=17 September 2014 \|agency=10 March 2011~~ \|~~work=The Times of India \|archive-~~url=https://web.archive.org/web/~~20151021021727~~/http://~~timesofindia~~.~~indiatimes~~.~~com/city~~/chennai/~~Mamallapuram-light-house-opens-for-tourists/articleshow/7667264~~.~~cms~~ \|~~archive-~~date=~~21 October 2015 \|url~~-~~status=live~~}}</ref>		== Olakkannesvara Temple ==
			[[File:Olakkaneesway Temple.jpg\|thumb\|left]]
			{{main\|Olakkannesvara Temple}}
			[[Mahabalipuram]] was a busy port under the Pallavas as early as the 7th century CE. Bonfires were lit on rocks even at that time to aid the mariners. The British first used the temple atop the Mahishasuramardini cave as a light. The new lighthouse and the old lighthouse are adjacent to each other.<ref>[http://www.dgllnoida.gov.in/chennai/MAHABALIPURAM.html dgll] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130519190042/http://dgllnoida.gov.in/chennai/MAHABALIPURAM.html \|date=2013-05-19 }}</ref>

	~~== Olakaneeswara Temple ==~~		A granite roof was constructed atop the temple to keep the light from 1887 to 1900.<ref name="Dgll2">{{cite web \|title=Mahabalipuram Lighthouse \|url=http://www.dgll.nic.in/WriteReadData/Publication/Publication_Pdf_File/MahabalipuramLighHouseofIndia(1).pdf \|publisher=Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships \|date=2011 \|accessdate=15 November 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305005145/http://www.dgll.nic.in/WriteReadData/Publication/Publication_Pdf_File/MahabalipuramLighHouseofIndia(1).pdf \|archive-date=5 March 2016 \|url-status=live}}</ref>
	~~This temple was dedicated to lord Siva. By the end of the eighteenth century or in the beginning of the nineteenth century, the sivalinga was possibly removed by some vandals.~~ A granite roof was constructed atop the temple to keep the light from 1887 to 1900.<ref name="Dgll2">{{cite web \|title=Mahabalipuram Lighthouse \|url=http://www.dgll.nic.in/WriteReadData/Publication/Publication_Pdf_File/MahabalipuramLighHouseofIndia(1).pdf \|publisher=Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships \|date=2011 \|accessdate=15 November 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305005145/http://www.dgll.nic.in/WriteReadData/Publication/Publication_Pdf_File/MahabalipuramLighHouseofIndia(1).pdf \|archive-date=5 March 2016 \|url-status=live}}</ref>

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	~~\| alt1 = Olakaneeswara Temple~~
	~~\| caption1 =~~
	~~\| image2 = Old and new lighthouses at Mahabalipuram.jpg~~
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	~~\| alt2 = The temple and the new lighthouse~~
	~~\| caption2 =~~
	\| footer = [[Mahabalipuram]] was a busy port under the Pallavas as early as the 7th century AD. Bonfires were lit on rocks even at that time to aid the mariners. The British first used the temple atop the Mahishasuramardini cave as a light (left). The new lighthouse and the old lighthouse are adjacent to each other (right).<ref>[http://www.dgllnoida.gov.in/chennai/MAHABALIPURAM.html dgll] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130519190042/http://dgllnoida.gov.in/chennai/MAHABALIPURAM.html \|date=2013-05-19 }}</ref>
	}}

	~~== Gallery ==~~
	~~<gallery>~~
	~~Mahabalipuram no 1.jpg\|Mahabalipuram Lighthouse at night~~
	~~Light house 2.gif\|Light house at Mahabalipuram~~
	~~</gallery~~>

	== See also ==		== See also ==
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			* [[Chennai Lighthouse]]
	* [[List of lighthouses in India]]		* [[List of lighthouses in India]]
	~~Now Mahabalipuram lighthouse has its own official website. http://mahabalipuramlighthouse.com~~

	== References ==		== References ==

	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}
	~~http://mahabalipuramlighthouse.com~~

	== External links ==		== External links ==
	* {{Lighthouse Digest\|2815}}		* {{Lighthouse Digest\|2815}}
	* [http://www.dgll.nic.in/LightHouses/74_1_LightHouses.aspx Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships]		* [http://www.dgll.nic.in/LightHouses/74_1_LightHouses.aspx Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships]
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	* http://mahabalipuramlighthouse.com		* http://mahabalipuramlighthouse.com
	* [https://tourismtn.com/mahabalipuram-lighthouse More Details Available at TourismTN]		* [https://tourismtn.com/mahabalipuram-lighthouse More Details Available at TourismTN]

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	~~\| name = Mahabalipuram Lighthouse<br /> Mamallapuram~~		\| image_name = Mahabalipuram Lighthouse.jpg
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	'''Mahabalipuram Lighthouse''' is located in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. It has been open to tourists since 2011. It was closed in 2001 following a perceived threat from the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]]. The first light was commissioned here in 1887. The lighthouse, with a circular masonry tower made of natural stone, became fully functional in 1904. India's oldest lighthouse, built around 640 AD by [[Pallava]] king [[Mahendravarman I]] stands next to this modern structure. The Pallava era lighthouse is a protected monument, maintained by the [[Archaeological Survey of India]].<ref name="TTOI">{{cite news \|last1=D \|first1=Madhavan \|title=Mamallapuram light house opens for tourists \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Mamallapuram-light-house-opens-for-tourists/articleshow/7667264.cms \|accessdate=17 September 2014 \|agency=10 March 2011 \|work=The Times of India \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151021021727/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Mamallapuram-light-house-opens-for-tourists/articleshow/7667264.cms \|archive-date=21 October 2015 \|url-status=live}}</ref>		'''Mahabalipuram Lighthouse''' is located in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite rowlett\|indse\|accessdate=8 February 2016}}</ref> It has been open to tourists since 2011. It was closed in 2001 following a perceived threat from the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]]. The first light was commissioned here in 1887. The lighthouse, with a circular masonry tower made of natural stone, became fully functional in 1904. India's oldest lighthouse, built around 640 AD by [[Pallava]] king [[Mahendravarman I]] stands next to this modern structure. The Pallava era lighthouse is a protected monument, maintained by the [[Archaeological Survey of India]].<ref name="TTOI">{{cite news \|last1=D \|first1=Madhavan \|title=Mamallapuram light house opens for tourists \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Mamallapuram-light-house-opens-for-tourists/articleshow/7667264.cms \|accessdate=17 September 2014 \|agency=10 March 2011 \|work=The Times of India \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151021021727/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Mamallapuram-light-house-opens-for-tourists/articleshow/7667264.cms \|archive-date=21 October 2015 \|url-status=live}}</ref>

	== Olakaneeswara Temple ==		== Olakaneeswara Temple ==
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'''Mahabalipuram Lighthouse''' is located in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. It has been open to tourists since 2011. It was closed in 2001 following a perceived threat from the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]]. The first light was commissioned here in 1887. The lighthouse, with a circular masonry tower made of natural stone, became fully functional in 1904. India's oldest lighthouse, built around 640 AD by [[Pallava]] king [[Mahendravarman I]] stands next to this modern structure. The Pallava era lighthouse is a protected monument, maintained by the [[Archaeological Survey of India]].<ref name="TTOI">{{cite news |last1=D |first1=Madhavan |title=Mamallapuram light house opens for tourists |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Mamallapuram-light-house-opens-for-tourists/articleshow/7667264.cms |accessdate=17 September 2014 |agency=10 March 2011 |work=The Times of India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151021021727/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Mamallapuram-light-house-opens-for-tourists/articleshow/7667264.cms |archive-date=21 October 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

== Olakaneeswara Temple ==
This temple was dedicated to lord Siva. By the end of the eighteenth century or in the beginning of the nineteenth century, the sivalinga was possibly removed by some vandals. A granite roof was constructed atop the temple to keep the light from 1887 to 1900.<ref name="Dgll2">{{cite web |title=Mahabalipuram Lighthouse |url=http://www.dgll.nic.in/WriteReadData/Publication/Publication_Pdf_File/MahabalipuramLighHouseofIndia(1).pdf |publisher=Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships |date=2011 |accessdate=15 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305005145/http://www.dgll.nic.in/WriteReadData/Publication/Publication_Pdf_File/MahabalipuramLighHouseofIndia(1).pdf |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

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| image1 = Olakkaneesway Temple.jpg
| width1 = 230
| alt1 = Olakaneeswara Temple
| caption1 =
| image2 = Old and new lighthouses at Mahabalipuram.jpg
| width2 = 248
| alt2 = The temple and the new lighthouse
| caption2 =
| footer = [[Mahabalipuram]] was a busy port under the Pallavas as early as the 7th century AD. Bonfires were lit on rocks even at that time to aid the mariners. The British first used the temple atop the Mahishasuramardini cave as a light (left). The new lighthouse and the old lighthouse are adjacent to each other (right).<ref>[http://www.dgllnoida.gov.in/chennai/MAHABALIPURAM.html dgll] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130519190042/http://dgllnoida.gov.in/chennai/MAHABALIPURAM.html |date=2013-05-19 }}</ref>
}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Mahabalipuram no 1.jpg|Mahabalipuram Lighthouse at night
Light house 2.gif|Light house at Mahabalipuram
</gallery>

== See also ==
{{stack|{{Portal|India|Engineering}}}}
* [[List of lighthouses in India]]
Now Mahabalipuram lighthouse has its own official website. http://mahabalipuramlighthouse.com

== References ==
{{reflist}}
http://mahabalipuramlighthouse.com

== External links ==
* {{Lighthouse Digest|2815}}
* [http://www.dgll.nic.in/LightHouses/74_1_LightHouses.aspx Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships]
{{Commons category|position=left}}

[[Category:Lighthouses in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Mahabalipuram]]
[[Category:Lighthouses completed in 1900]]
[[Category:1900 establishments in India]]

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http://mahabalipuramlighthouse.com

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