Magadi
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Place details
- Locality
- Byaladakere
- Region
- Karnataka
- Country
- India
- Population
- 27,605
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Magadi
- Settlement.other_name
- Mahagadi
- Settlement.nickname
- The leopard country
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ranganatha Swamy Temple at Magadi, Karnataka.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Ranganatha Swamy temple
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Karnataka#India
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Karnataka, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Karnataka
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Bengaluru South
- Settlement.founder
- Kempegowda
- Settlement.governing_body
- Town Municipal Council
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 5
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Karnataka
- Elevation
- 925
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Image
- Ranganatha Swamy Temple at Magadi, Karnataka.JPG
- Dialing code
- 80405
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- Commons category
- Magadi
- postal code
- 560023
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Demographics
- Notable people
- See also
- References
Magadi is a town and taluk located in 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 Hoysalas, 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 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Magadi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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