Managing Organization:
Sri Lanka Ports Authority
Website: http://www.slpa.lk/
Notes:
This lighthouse was built by Trinity House and was designed by Alexander Gordon and Sir James Douglass. The lighthouse received some damage from the tsunami of December 2004.
Tower Height: 127
Description of Tower: White conical granite tower.
This light is operational
Date Established: 1873
Date Present Tower Built: 1873
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Keepers: J. P. Padmasiri (c. 2000), B. K. Rahuman (assistant, c. 2000)
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