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- A fun-filled zone where kids can laugh, play, and enjoy a safe and joyful experience.
- Stroll through our beautifully maintained garden, a serene green space perfect for relaxation and nature appreciation.
Ghogha is connected to Bhavnagar by a 20 Km metalled road. It is one of India's oldest ports still in service. According to legend, prince Vijay Sinh of Sinhpur sailed from here in 543 BC with his army to Simhala (Srilanka) where he won over the local tribes, married their princess and ruled the island.
Ghogha was a very prosperous port and attracted invaders all through. Arabs attacked Ghogha in 677 AD followed from time to time by others till Peshwa took its control toward the end of 18" century. The British took over Ghogha in 1803. Upto the 18" century bulk of cargo coming from Malabar, South-East Asia etc used to be unloaded at Ghogha and then dispatched to different ports and hinterland destinations. This gives an idea of volume of traffic that Ghogha port handled in that period of history. With the development of port of Bhavnagar, activities at Ghogha port got curtailed.
There was a conventional light exhibited from a mast erected near the custom house in 1856. Subsequently the area south of main channel was reclaimed and a protection wall was constructed around it for establishing a lighthouse. In 1887 an iron structure was erected at the new site and a lantern with wick lamp and Red filter was placed on it. A dioptric optic (6" order) was introduced in 1903. In the year 1936 a masonry tower was constructed and the light was shifted on to this tower.
A new Lighthouse tower was built in 1961 to install a major DA gas equipment supplied by BBT, Paris. The new light was put in to operation in August 1961. The DA gas equipment was replaced by electronic flasher and incandescent lamp of 1000W 230V. The system was put into operation in March 1993. Ghogha lighthouse provides logistic support to Piram Island lighthouse and is the base for ML .
