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| name                     = Magadi
| other_name               = Mahagadi
| nickname                 = The leopard country
| settlement_type          = Town
| image_skyline            = Ranganatha Swamy Temple at Magadi, Karnataka.JPG
| image_alt                =
| image_caption            = Ranganatha Swamy temple
| pushpin_map              = India Karnataka
| pushpin_label_position   = right
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| pushpin_map_caption      = Location in Karnataka, India
| coordinates              = {{coord|12.97|N|77.23|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1        = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Karnataka]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Bengaluru South district|Bengaluru South]]
| established_title        = <!-- Established -->
| established_date         =
| founder                  = Kempegowda
| named_for                =
| government_type          =
| governing_body           = Town Municipal Council
| unit_pref                = Metric
| area_footnotes           =
| area_rank                =
| area_total_km2           = 5
| area_rural_km2           = 794
| elevation_footnotes      =
| elevation_m              = 895
| population_total         = 27605 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/631/download/2172/DH_2011_2930_PART_B_DCHB_RAMANAGARA.pdf|access-date= 17 April 2024|title=Census 2011 Handbook}}</ref>
| population_rural         = 176236
| population_as_of         = 2011
| population_rank          =
| population_density_km2   = auto
| population_demonym       =
| population_footnotes     =
| demographics_type1       = Languages
| demographics1_title1     = Official
| demographics1_info1      = [[Kannada]]
| timezone1                = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1              = +5:30
| postal_code_type         = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code              = 562120 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiapost.gov.in/vas/pages/LocatePostOffices.aspx|title=India Post website|access-date=17 April 2024}}</ref>
| registration_plate       = KA-42
| website                  = http://www.magaditown.mrc.gov.in
| footnotes                =
}}
'''Magadi''' is a town and [[List of taluks of Karnataka|taluk]] located in [[Ramanagara district|Bengaluru South]] district, Karnataka, India.
==History==
As per a legend, Magadi was founded in 1139 by a [[Chola]] king, who, in the course of an expedition, heard that in early times it had been the residence of some saints. Magadi later passed into the hands of [[Hoysala Kingdom|Hoysala]]s, before it became a part of the [[Vijayanagara Empire]]. The town was expanded in area during the reign of [[Achyuta Deva Raya]], who had appointed Samanta Raya to manage the affairs of the district that Magadi was a part of. Samanta Raya received the town as a [[Jagir|grant]] from the king in return for his fortification of [[Savandurga]], who had it possession from 1543 to 1571, before it was passed on to his son Sampaja Raya. Attempts to plunder the town by Gangappa Nayak, a watchman during Chikka Raya's reign, was thwarted by [[Kempe Gowda I]], who put him to death, before taking over the town. Gowda later retired to Magadi and the town came to associated with his family in the years to come.<ref name="Gaz1875">{{cite book |title=Gazetteer of Bangalore (1875) |date=1875 |page=71–72 |url=https://archive.org/details/BangaloreGazetteer1875 |access-date=26 March 2024}}</ref>
Epigraphically, the history of Magadi is much earlier as the earliest epigraphical document is from the Kalya village dated paleographically to the 550 CE. It is documented in Akshara Bhandara, a digital compendium of Kannada inscriptions by the Mythic society.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ಕನ್ನಡ ಅಕ್ಷರ ಭಂಡಾರ |url=https://mythicsociety.github.io/AksharaBhandara/#/learn/Shasanagalu |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=mythicsociety.github.io}}</ref> The inscriptions of Magadi are mostly documented in Volume 9 of ''[[Epigraphia Carnatica|Epigraphia carnatica]]'', recently discovered inscriptions are published in journals like Itihasa darpana and the journals of Mythic Society.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mysore. Dept. of Archaeology |url=http://archive.org/details/epigraphiacarnat09myso |title=Epigraphia carnatica. By B. Lewis Rice, Director of Archaeological Researches in Mysore |last2=Rice |first2=B. Lewis (Benjamin Lewis) |last3=Narasimhacharya |first3=Ramanujapuram Anandan-pillai |date=1894 |publisher=Bangalore Mysore Govt. Central Press |others=Robarts - University of Toronto}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=The Mythic Society |url=http://archive.org/details/qjms-vol-113-2-2022-43-undocumented-bengaluru-inscriptions |title=Quarterly Journal of the Mythic Society (QJMS) VOl 113 2 2022 43 Undocumented Bengaluru Inscriptions}}</ref> Among the significant inscriptions is the Vaishnava-Jaina conflict resolution inscription documented in the [[Kalya (Kalyana pura)|Kalya]] village, dated to 1368 CE, that records the conflict between the followers of the two religions and the subsequent resolution of it by king [[Bukka Raya II|Bukkaraya II]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mysore. Dept. of Archaeology |url=http://archive.org/details/epigraphiacarnat09myso |title=Epigraphia carnatica. By B. Lewis Rice, Director of Archaeological Researches in Mysore |last2=Rice |first2=B. Lewis (Benjamin Lewis) |last3=Narasimhacharya |first3=Ramanujapuram Anandan-pillai |date=1894 |publisher=Bangalore Mysore Govt. Central Press |others=Robarts - University of Toronto}}</ref>
Magadi was captured by the [[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore army]] in 1728 and the chief carried prisoner to [[Srirangapatna]], where he died, the last of his line. The 1875 Gazetteer of Bangalore noted the population of Magadi to be around 4,000 and that it compirsed 650 houses.<ref name="Gaz1875"/>
==Geography==
Magadi is located at {{Coord|12.97|N|77.23|E|}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/19/Magadi.html|title=Maps, Weather, and Airports for Magadi, India|website=www.fallingrain.com|accessdate=23 December 2022}}</ref> It has an average elevation of 925&nbsp;[[metre]]s (3034&nbsp;[[foot (length)|feet]]).
==Demographics==
{{As of|2011}} India [[census]], Magadi had a population of 27,605. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Magadi has an average literacy rate of 69%, male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 65%.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=712684|title=Magadi town|website=2011 Census Data|access-date=20 September 2020}}</ref>
== Notable people ==
* [[Siddalingaiah (poet)|Siddalingaiah]], Kannada poet
==See also==
*[[Ajjahalli, Magadi]]
*[[Ajjanahalli, Magadi]]
*[[Kalya (Kalyana pura)|Kalya Inscriptions]]
*[[Sankighatta]]
*[[Group of temples at Magadi, Karnataka|Monuments at Magadi]]
==References==
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Bangalore Rural district]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Bangalore Urban district]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Bangalore Urban district]]