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| image_name            = Andhakaranazhi Lighthouse.jpg
| image_name            = Andhakaranazhi Lighthouse.jpg
| caption                = The lighthouse in 2012
| caption                = The lighthouse in 2012
| location              = [[Cherthala]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| location              = [[Andhakaranazhy]], [[Cherthala]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| coordinates            = {{coord|9.748254|N|76.286435|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates            = {{coord|9.748254|N|76.286435|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| yearbuilt              = 1979
| yearbuilt              = 1979
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'''Manakkodam Lighthouse''' is situated in the [[Alappuzha district]] of [[Kerala]] near [[Cherthala]]. The tower is a {{Convert|33.8|m|ft|sigfig=4}} high concrete structure with square cross section.<ref>{{cite rowlett|indsw|access-date=6 February 2016}}</ref> It was inaugurated on 1 August 1979. There were no lights in this area before 1979. The light source was changed from incandescent lamp to metal halide on 21 September 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dgllnoida.gov.in/cochin/MANAKKODAM.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=19 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312113238/http://dgllnoida.gov.in/cochin/MANAKKODAM.html |archive-date=12 March 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Lighthouses">{{Cite web |url=http://kerala.bizhat.com/lighthouses.html |title=Lighthouses in Kerala |access-date=19 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319042907/http://kerala.bizhat.com/lighthouses.html |archive-date=19 March 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Dgll">{{cite web |title=Manakkodam Lighthouse |url=http://www.dgll.nic.in/LightHouse.aspx?Consent_id=259&Module_id=16&LocationId=6&LangId=1 |publisher=DGLL |access-date=19 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317232531/http://dgll.nic.in/LightHouse.aspx?Consent_id=259&Module_id=16&LocationId=6&LangID=1 |archive-date=17 March 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
'''Manakkodam Lighthouse''' is situated next to the [[Andhakaranazhy]] beach in the [[Alappuzha district]] of [[Kerala]] near [[Cherthala]]. The tower is a {{Convert|33.8|m|ft|sigfig=4}} high concrete structure with square cross section.<ref>{{cite rowlett|indsw|access-date=6 February 2016}}</ref> It was inaugurated on 1 August 1979. There were no lights in this area before 1979. The light source was changed from incandescent lamp to metal halide on 21 September 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dgllnoida.gov.in/cochin/MANAKKODAM.html |title=Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships |access-date=19 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312113238/http://dgllnoida.gov.in/cochin/MANAKKODAM.html |archive-date=12 March 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Lighthouses">{{Cite web |url=http://kerala.bizhat.com/lighthouses.html |title=Lighthouses in Kerala |access-date=19 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319042907/http://kerala.bizhat.com/lighthouses.html |archive-date=19 March 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Dgll">{{cite web |title=Manakkodam Lighthouse |url=http://www.dgll.nic.in/LightHouse.aspx?Consent_id=259&Module_id=16&LocationId=6&LangId=1 |publisher=DGLL |access-date=19 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317232531/http://dgll.nic.in/LightHouse.aspx?Consent_id=259&Module_id=16&LocationId=6&LangID=1 |archive-date=17 March 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>


The light source flashes twice in ten seconds.<ref name="ML">{{cite web |title=Manakkodam Light |url=http://www.lighthousedigest.com/digest/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=6317 |publisher=Lighthouse diges magazine |access-date=19 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095508/http://www.lighthousedigest.com/digest/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=6317 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
The light source flashes twice in ten seconds.<ref name="ML">{{cite web |title=Manakkodam Light |url=http://www.lighthousedigest.com/digest/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=6317 |publisher=Lighthouse diges magazine |access-date=19 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095508/http://www.lighthousedigest.com/digest/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=6317 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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== External links ==
== External links ==
{{Commons category|position=left|Manakkodam Lighthouse}}
 
* {{Lighthouse Digest|6317}}
* {{Lighthouse Digest|6317}}
* [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]