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| Country | India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District(s) | Mandya |
| Population • Density |
26,456 (2001[update]) • 4,246.55 /km2 (10,999 /sq mi) |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
| Area |
6.23 square kilometres (2.41 sq mi) • 662 metres (2,172 ft) |
Maddur (Kannada ಮದ್ದೂರು, Maddūru) is a town in Mandya district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It lies on the banks of the river Shimsha.
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Maddur is located at [1]. It has an average elevation of 662 metres (2175 ft).
As of 2001 India census[2], Maddur had a population of 26,456. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Maddur has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 63%. In Maddur, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Maddur Vada is a type of vada named after the town of Maddur. Maddur is an attractive stop for the travellers for this one reason. Onions help to give the Maddur vada its distinctive flavor. It seems the flour for this Vada is prepared using onion juice instead of water.
Vaidyanathapura It is one of the tourism place in Karnataka. The temple of the god Vaidyanatheswara is in this place.
Kokkare Belluru The village has a well-known bird sanctuary.
Sri UgraNarasimha Swamy Temple This temple has sannidhis for Sri Ugra Narasimha, Sri Sowmya Nayaki, Sri Narasimha Nayaki, Sri Rama, Sita, Lakshmana and Hanuman, Sri Yashoda Krishna and Sri Srinivasan, and alwars. Mother Yashoda is seen breast feeding Lord Sri Krishna in the sanctum. Lord Brahma is seen held from Lord Sri Krishna's nabhi. In the final days of Mahabharatha Arjuna requested Lord Sri Krishna to give him a darshan of Lord Sri Narasimha. Lord Sri Krishna mentioned that this would not be possible as the Narasimha was a Ugra (angry) avatar. He requested Lord Brahma to craft a stone replica of Ugra Narasimha. This was installed in Maddur temple. In earlier days Maddur was called "Arjunapuri" as Arjuna worshipped in this temple. Later, Kadamba rishi worshipped here using the waters from a nearby river stream. The place was called "Kadambha nadhi kshetram" because of this. This place later became Maddur owing to kings using the place for making bombs for warfare. Maddu means bomb in Kannada.
Sri Varadaraja Swamy Temple This temple was constructed by the King Vishnuvardhan. His mother was blind and Ramanuja requested him to take his mother to Kanchipuram Varadarajaswamy temple for curing her blindness. As she was very old for travel and Sri Varadaraja came in the dream of the king?/Sri Ramanuja? to construct one temple in Maddur itself. The king got sculpture craftsmen from Kanchipuram and created the idol of Sri Varadaraja. After the installation of the idol, a mandala pooja (48 days pooja) was done to the God. On the forty eighth day when the king's mother came to worship to the God her eyesight was restored. And henceforth the God got another name as "Nethra Narayana (ನೇತ್ರ ನಾರಾಯಣ)".