Magadi is a town in Ramanagaram district in the India

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 of Karnataka

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.Magadi was capital of Kempe Gowda who built Bangalore

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the setting of the true story "Old Munnusamy and the man-eater of Magadi" by Kenneth Anderson (writer)

Kenneth Anderson (writer)

Kenneth Anderson was an Indian writer and hunter who wrote many books about his adventures in the jungles of South India.- Background :...

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Since the days of Kenneth Anderson, the wildlife in Magadi has been greatly reduced due to poaching and habitat loss.

As seen from Google Earth Satellite Imagery, this place has a tributary of the Kaveri river flowing by the side.