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| image_name = ചേറ്റുവ വിളക്കുമാടം. 04.jpg<br />
| location = [[Chettuva]], [[Kerala]]<br />[[India]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|10|33|14.2|N|76|01|02.4|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| yearbuilt = 1986<br />
| construction = concrete tower<br />
| shape = cylindrical tower with double balcony and lantern<br />
| marking = white and red horizontal bands<br />
| height = {{convert|30|m|ft}}<br />
| focalheight = {{convert|33.8 |m|ft}}<br />
| lightsource = 500 W Halogen Lamp (220/250 V AC)<br />
| range = {{convert|19|nmi}}<ref>[http://www.dgll.nic.in/LightHouse.aspx?Consent_id=251&Module_id=16&LocationId=6&LangId=1 Chetwai Lighthouse] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316073000/http://www.dgll.nic.in/LightHouse.aspx?Consent_id=251&Module_id=16&LocationId=6&LangId=1 |date=16 March 2016 }} ''Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships''</ref><br />
| characteristic = Fl (2) W 20s.<br />
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The '''Chetwai Lighthouse''' is situated at Chettuva near [[Guruvayur]] in [[Thrissur District]] of [[Kerala]]. It was inaugurated on 29 September 1986.<ref>{{cite rowlett|indsw|accessdate=7 February 2016}}</ref> The tower is a 30-meter tall concrete structure. There did not exist any lighthouse earlier to the present one at this place. The light source was changed on 30 April 2003.<ref name="Dgll">{{cite web |title=Indian Lighthouses: An Overview |url=http://www.dgll.nic.in/WriteReadData/Publication/Publication_Pdf_File/LighthousesofIndia(2).pdf |publisher=DGLL |access-date=21 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218163515/http://www.dgll.nic.in/WriteReadData/Publication/Publication_Pdf_File/LighthousesofIndia(2).pdf |archive-date=18 December 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Lighthouses">{{Cite web |url=http://kerala.bizhat.com/lighthouses.html |title=Lighthouses in Kerala |access-date=21 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><br />
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== See also ==<br />
{{Portal|India|Engineering}}<br />
* [[List of lighthouses in India]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
{{Commons category|Chettuva Lighthouse}}<br />
* {{Lighthouse Digest|6320}}<br />
* [http://www.dgll.nic.in/LightHouses/74_1_LightHouses.aspx Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships]<br />
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