The Republic of India (Bhārat in Hindi) is the seventh largest country and second most populous country in the world. It occupies a subcontinent of Asia that projects southward into the North Indian Ocean, separating the Bay of Bengal on the east from the Arabian Sea on the west. Before 1947 it was a patchwork of regions governed as British colonies and semi-independent princely states under British supervision. In 1947 this British Raj was partitioned into the independent states of India and Pakistan. Several French and Portuguese colonies embedded in the territory of India were absorbed in 1950 and 1961, respectively. India is a federal union of 28 states and 8 union territories. This page lists lighthouses of the western coast of India in the State of Maharashtra, including the greater Mumbai (Bombay) area. This region includes most of the Konkan Coast, the most rugged section of the Indian coastline, where the mountains known as the Sahyādri or Western Ghats rise close behind the shore. The major lighthouses of India are staffed, and by tradition most of them are open to visitors for a short time during the late afternoon every day; inquire locally concerning the times. Hindi and English are official languages in India, with English serving as a lingua franca for the entire nation. The Indian Constitution recognizes another 21 languages, called scheduled languages, and each of the coastal states has its own scheduled language in official use. In Marathi, the official language of Maharashtra, the word for a lighthouse is prakāśastambha (प्रकाशस्तंभ) bēṭa is an island, nadī is a river, and bandara is a harbor. Lighthouses and aids to navigation in India are administered by the Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships (DGLL), an agency of the Ministry of Shipping. The coastal lighthouses on this page from the Ratnagiri District northward are maintained by the Mumbai Directorate of DGLL, while those of the Sindhudurg District are maintained by the Goa Directorate. Lighthouses in Mumbai Harbour are maintained by the Mumbai Port Authority. ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. Admiralty numbers are from volume F of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 112.
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![]() Kanhoji Angre (Khanderi Island) Light, Mumbai, October 2015 Wikimedia Creative Commons photo by Anand Ranade |
Konkan Coast: Lighthouses South of Mumbai
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![]() Devgad Light, Devgarh, February 2019 Google Maps photo by Pandurang Bhise |
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Mumbai Area Lighthouses
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![]() Tucker Patch Light, Mumbai Harbour photo copyright Douglas Cameron; used be permission |
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Adjoining pages: North: Eastern Gujarat | South: Karnataka and Goa
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Posted January 30, 2006. Checked and revised August 31, 2024. Lighthouses: 45. Site copyright 2024 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.