Pazhaverkadu Lake

Pazhaverkadu Lake, or Pulicat, is a shallow lagoon on the Coromandel coast, separated from the Bay of Bengal by Sriharikota Island. At its southern end the Portuguese established a trading post in 1502 with the help of the Vijayanagara rulers. The Dutch took the fort in 1609 and made Pulicat the capital of their Coromandel possessions. From this shore their ships carried textiles and also people forcibly transported to slavery in Batavia.