chanced on this website of the Director General of Lighthouses & Lightships, the principal advisor to the Government of India in matters related to aids to Marine Navigation
they have a serial listing of all lighthouses in india - 176 in all
There wasnât any Lighthouse provided at the site prior to the present Lighthouse. The point Calimere light about 5 Km East of Kodikkarai, was the only navigational aid for assisting the mariners.
A new Lighthouse was planned during 1994-95 and soon the construction began. The tower was completed in 1997. The ERB equipment supplied by M/s. ANA Navaids Ltd., New Delhi, was installed inside a 2.0m dia Lantern house. This lantern was originally at old Pulicat Lighthouse and was refurbished at Madras Lighthouse workshop before having been installed at Kodikkarai. The Lighthouse was formally commissioned on the 9th March 1998.