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[[File:Madikeri Fort, Kodagu.jpg|thumb|Madikeri Fort]]
'''Madikeri Fort''' also called '''Mercara Fort''' is a fort in [[Madikeri]], in the [[Kodagu district]] of the Indian state of [[Karnataka]], first built by Mudduraja in the second half of the 17th century. Mudduraja also built the palace within the fort. It was rebuilt and restructured in granite by [[Tipu Sultan]], and the site was then renamed Jaffarabad. Madikeri Fort is one of the many forts built or rebuilt by [[Tipu Sultan]] during his reign in the second half of the 18th century. In 1790, [[Dodda Vira Rajendra]] took control of the fort. The palace underwent renovations by [[Linga Rajendra II]] from 1812-1814.<ref name="Karnataka State Gazetteer">{{cite book |last1= |first1= |title=Karnataka State Gazetteer |date=1965 |page=770 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Karnataka_State_Gazetteer/nCELAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Dodda+Vira+Rajendra&dq=Dodda+Vira+Rajendra |access-date=27 July 2021}}</ref> The British made additions to the fort in 1834. Notable structures in the fort include two stone statues of elephants at the northeast entry and a church in the southeast corner.
[[File:Madikeri map.jpg |thumb|left|Map of Madikeri with fort in 1854. [https://warper.wmflabs.org/maps/2282#Preview_tab See alignment]]]

Today, the Madikeri Deputy Commissioner's Office is housed in the palace building, while [[St. Mark's Church, Mercara|St. Mark's Church]] houses the Madikeri Fort Museum, managed by the Karnataka State Archaeological Department.<ref name="Madur">{{cite web|last1=Madur|title=Madikeri Fort, Coorg|url=http://www.karnataka.com/coorg/madikeri-fort/|website=Karnataka|accessdate=20 August 2015|date=13 October 2014}}</ref> The museum has exhibits which display artifacts and weaponry from the time between the fort's construction and British rule. The museum also has a large portrait of Field Marshal [[K. M. Cariappa]]. The church was constructed in 1859 by soldiers of the [[East India Company]], with funding from the [[Madras Presidency]]. <ref name="PennyIII">{{cite book|last1=Penny|first1=Frank|title=The Church in Madras : being the History of the Ecclesiastical and Missionary Action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras From 1835 to 1861: Volume III|date=1922|publisher=John Murray|location=London|page=[https://archive.org/details/churchinmadrasbe03penn/page/98 98]|url=https://archive.org/details/churchinmadrasbe03penn|accessdate=14 August 2015}}</ref> The church was administered by the Madras Diocese of the [[Church of England]], but was closed after [[Indian Independence Act 1947|Indian independence]], and taken over by the [[Government of Karnataka]] in 1971.<ref name="Lords">{{cite journal|title=Churches Vested in The Crown: Diocese of Madras|journal=Lords Sitting of 31 May 1927|volume=67|issue=5|page=cc650–1|url=http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1927/may/31/diocese-of-chota-nagpur|accessdate=20 August 2015}}</ref><ref name="KSAD">{{cite web|title=Museums in Karnataka|url=http://www.karnatakaarchaeology.gov.in/History_Museums.html|website=Government of Karnataka: Department of Archaeology, Museums and Heritage|accessdate=21 August 2015|date=2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018012007/http://www.karnatakaarchaeology.gov.in/History_Museums.html|archive-date=18 October 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:Madikeri Palace now used as district administration seat.jpg|thumb|right|Palace inside fort now used as DC office]]
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==Gallery==
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<gallery perrow=5>
File:Museum Madikeri.jpg|Archeological Museum, Madikeri Fort, India
Image:Stone turtle inside the palace.jpg|Stone turtle inside the palace
Image:Madikeri palace-within the fort.jpg|Madikeri palace-within the fort
Image:View from the fort wall.jpg|View from the fort wall
Image:Ancient inscriptions inside the fort.jpg|Hero Stones
Image:Masonry Elephants.jpg|Masonry Elephants
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==References==
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[[Category:Forts in Karnataka]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Kodagu district]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Kodagu district]]

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