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{{Short description|Ancient town}}
'''Madanpur''' is an ancient town on the southern edge of [[Lalitpur District, India|Lalitpur district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India. The town is known for a large tank built in medieval times and series of ruined temples and inscriptions under the protection of the [[Archaeological Survey of India]]. Nine protected monuments appear in the [[List of Monuments of National Importance in Lalitpur district, India]].

==Demographics==
{{As of|2011}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> the location code or village code of Madanpur village is 153608. Madanpur is situated 45 km away from sub-district headquarter Mahroni and 82 km away from district headquarter Lalitpur. As per 2009 stats, Madanpur village is also a gram panchayat. The total geographical area of village is 1411.63 hectares with a population of 1,472 peoples. There are about 277 houses in Madanpur village.

==Monuments==
[[File:Madanpur temple exterior.jpg|thumb|Madanpur (Lalitpur district, UP). Temple exterior from the north.]]
'''Choti Kacheri and Badi Kacheri.''' Two ruined temples stand beside the large medieval tank, Madan Sagar, and are protected monuments dating to the twelfth century. They are locally known as Choti Kachari and Badi Kacheri. One of these structures is notable for a unique painting on the ceiling showing dancing figures and peacocks. The large lotus in the centre of the ceiling is a painted version of the carved lotuses that are found at [[Khajuraho]] and other sites. The paintings were first reported in the late nineteenth century by P. C. Mukherji.<ref>Mukherji, P. C., & Government (North West Provinces and Oudh). (1899). ''Report on the antiquities in the district of Lalitpur, N.-W. Provinces, India''. Roorkee</ref> A series of inscriptions are found inside these buildings.<ref>Madanpur मदनपुर (Lalitpur, UP). Pillar inscription. Zenodo. {{doi|10.5281/zenodo.3881482}} Also see: https://siddham.network/inscription/madanpur-1235/</ref> From a historical point of view, the most important records are those mentioning [[Prithviraj Chauhan]] (c. 1166–1192).<ref>Cynthia Talbot, ''The Last Hindu Emperor: Prithviraj Chauhan and the Indian Past, 1200-2000'' (Cambridge: University Press, 2016), 38, note 29 for a list of the inscriptions.</ref>
[[File:Madanpur painting.jpg|thumb|Madanpur (Lalitpur district, UP). Painting on maṇḍapa ceiling dating to the 12th century.]]
The temples also have a number of pilgrim and donative records.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=6 June 2020|title=Madanpur temple inscription dated 1235 |url=https://siddham.network/inscription/madanpur-1235/ |access-date=6 June 2020|website=Siddham}}</ref>

'''Panch Marha''' is a large stone temple in front of five small shrines. A series of [[Digambara]] Jain images of about the 11th and 12th centuries stand outside the main temple, some of them inscribed.<ref>Madanpur मदनपुर (Lalitpur, UP). Jain image inscription. Zenodo. {{doi|10.5281/zenodo.3881729}}</ref> The place is known amongst the Jains as Shantigiri.

'''Modi Marha''' is an old Jain temple of the [[Digambara]] located on a ridge to the north of the town.

'''Champa Marha''' is a Jain temple complex located above the town on a ridge to the north west.

==See also==

* [[History of Madhya Pradesh]]

==References==
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{{see also|List of cities in Uttar Pradesh}}

[[Category:Tourist attractions in Lalitpur district, India]]
[[Category:Archaeological Survey of India]]

Madanpur, Lalitpur, India - Revision history

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