Pulicat (Pazhaverkadu)'s a fishing village in Thiruvallur District, of Tamil Nadu state, South India. It's about 60 km north of Chennai, on the barrier island of Sriharikota, which separates Pulicat Lake from the Bay of Bengal. Pulicat lake's a shallow salt water lagoon which stretches about km along the coast. History The Dutch built a fort here in 1609, which was for a long time their chief settlement on the Coromandel Coast. It repeatedly changed possession, until finally occupied by the Bri… (More on Pulicat)