Ontisalaga Madakari Nayaka or Madakari Nayaka V or Karigundi Nayaka (1742 - 1782) was the last Nayaka ruler of

Chitradurga Chitradurga is a city and the headquarters of Chitradurga district, which is located on the valley of the Vedavati river in the central part of the Indian state of Karnataka. Chitradurga is a place with historical significance which is locate ...

, India. He belongs to Bedar Nayaka caste and is considered to be the greatest of the

Nayakas of Chitradurga Nayakas of Chitradurga (1588–1779 CE) ruled parts of eastern Karnataka during the post-Vijayanagara period. During the rule of Hoysala Empire and Vijayanagara Empire, they served as a feudatory chiefdom. Later after the fall of the Vijayanaga ...

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 The Peshwa (Pronunciation: e(ː)ʃʋaː was the appointed (later becoming hereditary) prime minister of the Maratha Empire of the Indian subcontinent. Originally, the Peshwas served as subordinates to the Chhatrapati (the Maratha king); later, ...

Madhavrao I Peshwa Madhavrao Bhat I (February 15, 1745 – November 18, 1772) was the 9th Peshwa of the Maratha Empire. During his tenure, the Maratha empire fully recovered from the losses they suffered during the Third Battle of Panipat, a phenomenon kn ...

after he helped him win the Nidagallu Fort.

In fiction

* ''

Durgaastamana ''Durgaastamana'' is a 1982 historical novel by the Kannada novelist and scholar T. R. Subba Rao, popularly known as TaRaSu. As the name (lit: "The decline of the fort", but to be interpreted as "The fall of Chitradurga") indicates, the book ...

'' 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 * ''Gandugali Madakari Nayaka'' by B. L. Venu is another semi-fictionalised book detailing the life of Madakari Nayaka.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nayaka, Madakari Indian royalty People from Chitradurga 1758 births 1779 deaths History of Karnataka