Enchanting architectural details
Thangassery is home to the Infant Jesus Cathedral, St. Thomas Fort, a Portuguese Cemetery, a canal, and the remains of a historic Portuguese coastal defence system. The palace is still known to maintain the culture of the Anglo-Indians. The current Tangasseri Lighthouse was built in 1902, but by 1930 it had cracks in the tower and needed jacketing masonry to be put in. The British East India Company had erected a tower with an oil lamp before the lighthouse was built. The strenuous 200-step walk to the top of the tower's spiral staircase is more than made up for by the breathtaking 360-degree panorama of the Arabian Sea.
The history behind the lighthouse
Thangassery Light House’s light can be seen up to 48 kilometres (26 nautical miles) away. The lighthouse intended to direct merchant ships from the Malabar Coast to Anjengo and then continue to join the Bay of Bengal via Ceylon. The Thangassery Light House, which was likewise built by the British, was put into service on March 1st, 1902.
