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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Madakari Nayaka<br />
| image = Madakarinayaka statue.jpg<br />
| birth_date = 13 October 1742<br />
| birth_place = Janakal, Hosadurga, [[Chitradurga District]]<br />
| death_date = 1779<br />
| death_place = Srirangapattana<br />
| death_cause = Died in Srirangapatana Prison after captured by Tippu Sultan and his Father.<br />
| other_names = Raja Veera Madakari Nayaka, Gandugali Madakari Nayaka, Durgada Huli or Madakari Nayaka V<br />
| known_for = King of [[Chitradurga]]<br />
| title = Madisida Kariya Madavadagisida Madakari Nayaka<br />
| predecessor = Kasturi Rangappa Nayaka II<br />
| successor = None<br />
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'''Ontisalaga Madakari Nayaka''' or '''Madakari Nayaka V''' or '''Karigundi Nayaka''' (1742 - 1782) was the last Nayaka ruler of [[Chitradurga]], India. He belongs to Bedar Nayaka caste and is considered to be the greatest of the [[Nayakas of Chitradurga]] and also Sirsi and Karigundi. He ruled from 1754 to 1779. He also gained the title of ''Eppatelu Palegarara Ganda/Minda (Superior ruler over 77 palegaras)'' by [[Peshwa]] [[Madhavrao I]] after he helped him win the Nidagallu Fort.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lewis|first=Barry|date=|title=An Informal History of the Chitradurga Nayakas|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414180623/https://barry-lewis.com/research/chitradurga/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref><br />
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==In fiction==<br />
* ''[[Durgaastamana]]'' by [[T. R. Subba Rao]] is a semi-historical novel based on the life of Madakari Nayaka. It won the Sahitya Akademi award posthumously in 1985<br />
* ''Gandugali Madakari Nayaka'' by B. L. Venu is another semi-fictionalised book detailing the life of Madakari Nayaka.<br />
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