Magadi is a town and taluk located in Bengaluru South district, Karnataka, India.

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.

It is documented in Akshara Bhandara, a digital compendium of Kannada inscriptions by the Mythic society.

[5][6] Among the significant inscriptions is the Vaishnava-Jaina conflict resolution inscription documented in the Kalya village, dated to 1368 CE, that records the conflict between the followers of the two religions and the subsequent resolution of it by king Bukkaraya II.

[7] Magadi was captured by the Mysore army in 1728 and the chief carried prisoner to Srirangapatna, where he died, the last of his line.