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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Madiwala
| other_name =
| settlement_type = Suburb
| image_skyline = Madiwala Lake-02.JPG
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| image_caption = Madiwala lake
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| pushpin_map = India Bangalore
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| coordinates = {{coord|12.92|N|77.62|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Karnataka]]
| subdivision_type2 = Metro
| subdivision_name2 = Bangalore
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_total = 35155<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vigeyegpms.in/bbmp/?module=public&action=wardinfo&wardid=111 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150601084403/http://www.vigeyegpms.in/bbmp/?module=public&action=wardinfo&wardid=111 |archive-date=1 June 2015 |title=Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palika}}</ref>
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| 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 = 560068
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'''Madiwala''' is a locality in southeastern [[Bangalore]], India.

It is close to [[Koramangala]], [[Bommanahalli]], [[BTM Layout]], [[HSR Layout]], [[Arekere Mico Layout]], [[Bannerghatta Road]], [[Jayanagar, Bangalore|Jayanagar]], and [[Jayaprakash Nagar, Bangalore|J. P. Nagar]], among other localities. The [[Bangalore City railway station]] is eight kilometres from Madiwala. [[St. John's Medical College]], a medical college and hospital, is in the locality. The [[Madiwala Lake]] in [[BTM Layout]] is one of the largest lakes in Bangalore.<ref>{{Cite web|title=one of the biggest lakes in Bangalore. It is also known as the BTM Lake|url=https://www.karnataka.com/bangalore/madiwala-lake/|website=www.karnataka.com}}</ref>

==History==

Madiwala is one of the oldest localities in [[Bangalore]]. It has been speculated to have been the centre of Bangalore in the past, based on archaeological documents.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}} The temple of Someshwara contains inscriptions that refer to the [[Chola]] kings having presided over the construction of the Temple of Someshwara in Madiwala.<ref>{{cite journal|title=There's some history under our feet|journal=[[The Times of India]]|issue=13 April 2011|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Theres-some-history-under-our-feet/articleshow/7966660.cms}}</ref> Madiwala means washerman in [[Kannada]]; the locality was named for the community of washermen and washerwomen that once resided in the area.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Shetty|first=Rashmi|date=2019-05-13|title=Stories behind names of some Bengaluru localities|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/specials/stories-behind-names-of-some-bengaluru-localities-733621.html|access-date=2020-07-09|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Neighbourhoods in East Bengaluru]]

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