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Places to Visit in Lingsugur

The Lingsugur country west of Raichur — the rock fort of Mudgal, the island fort of Jaladurga in the Krishna, and the working Hutti gold mines.

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Mudgal Fort, Lingsugur
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DistrictRaichur
RoleRock-fort & gold-mine base
Places to visit3
What to expect

Highlights

  • Mudgal Fort — A great rock hill fort near Mudgal in Lingsugur taluk, long contested between the Bahmani and Vijayanagara empires — a Bala Hisar tower, water channels and gateways, with prehistoric rock paintings in the hills nearby.
  • Jaladurga Fort — An island fort in the Krishna near Lingsugur — a "fort on water" of seven gates on a rocky river island, held by the Adil Shahis, where the Krishna cascades in the seasonal Jaladurga falls. (The island is Raichur district; the opposite bank is Yadgir.)
  • Hutti Gold Mines — Hutti (Hatti) in Lingsugur taluk is India's only major working gold mine — a landscape of ancient hand-dug workings overlaid by the modern deep underground mine of the state gold company.
Getting there

How to visit

  • Nearest airport: Hyderabad (HYD) ~180 km; Vidyanagar (VDY, Toranagallu/Ballari) ~110 km; Hubballi (HBX) ~200 km
  • Rail gateway: Raichur (RC) Junction on the Guntakal–Wadi (Mumbai–Chennai) line, with trains from Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Guntakal and Solapur
  • NH-150 and NH-167; KSRTC and private buses from Hyderabad (~180 km), Kalaburagi, Ballari and Bengaluru (~410 km); a car is best for Mudgal, Jaladurga, Maski and Hutti.

Distance by road

  • Vijayapura135 km
  • Ballari144 km
  • Kalaburagi161 km
  • Hubballi203 km
  • Davanagere243 km
  • Belagavi253 km
  • Bengaluru454 km

Road distances measured on real routed roads to Lingsugur itself, not to the district headquarters, on 24 August 2026. Driving time is deliberately not published: free-flow routing badly understates a Deccan single-carriageway highway, so allow more than the distance suggests.

Timing

Best time to visit Lingsugur

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Today at Lingsugur
Sunrise6:11 am
Sunset6:35 pm
Golden hour best light5:35 pm–6:35 pm
Blue hour after sunset6:35 pm–7:00 pm
Sun sets toward compass bearingW · 278°
Moon tonight🌗 Last quarter · 50%
South-west monsoon. June to September is the south-west monsoon in Karnataka. Expect heavy showers, mostly in bursts rather than all day — carry rain cover, allow extra time for getting around, and note that ferries and open-air sites are the first things affected.

Sun and moon are calculated for this location and shown in IST. Photography windows are the hour around sunrise and sunset; the sunset bearing is degrees clockwise from true north. Moon phase is accurate to about half a day.

Practical things near Lingsugur
FuelFuel station 394 m · 5 min walkMapped Dec 2016DirectionsHospitalLingasagur Taluk Hospital 484 m · 6 min walkMapped Jul 2022DirectionsClinicVijay Skin Clinic 406 m · 5 min walkMapped Mar 2021DirectionsBankMpss Bank Lingasugur 242 m · 3 min walkMapped Mar 2021DirectionsPost officeHead Post Office 302 m · 4 min walkMapped Mar 2021DirectionsSomewhere to prayFatima Masjid 757 m · 9 min walkMapped Mar 2021Directions
What the cash actually costs
  • Withdrawing from a bank that is not your own is free for a set number of times a month, then costs up to ₹23 plus GST — about ₹27 a withdrawal. This is not one of the RBI’s six metro centres, so the allowance here is the higher one: at least five free other-bank withdrawals a month, and at least five at your own bank.
  • That free allowance belongs to Indian bank accounts. On a card issued abroad your own bank’s international withdrawal and exchange charges apply instead. If the machine offers to bill you in your home currency, choose rupees — the conversion rate on that offer is set by the machine, not by your bank.
  • Given a choice, use an ATM inside or attached to a branch: it sits in view of staff and cameras, and there is someone to ask if the machine keeps your card. A machine standing alone on a tourist street is the one to be wary of. Banks are listed here alongside the ATMs, but the map data does not record which ATMs sit inside a branch — check when you get there.

Charge cap and free-transaction limits: Reserve Bank of India, in force since 1 May 2025.

Mapped within about 1.2 km of Lingsugur, with real walking routes rather than straight-line distances. Community-mapped data: opening hours are shown only where they are recorded, and this is not a complete list — something unmapped may well be closer. Please confirm on the ground.

Nearby bases

Where to go from Lingsugur

Raichur, RaichurFort-city base
Town / base

Raichur

The doab city of Raichur — the great Kakatiya hill fort and its inscribed gateways, the Ek Minar mosque, the Maliabad fort with its Vijayanagara stone elephants, and the Panchamukhi Anjaneya cave at Ganadhal nearby.

Raichur FortEk Minar ki Masjid, RaichurMaliabad FortPanchamukhi Anjaneya Temple, Ganadhal
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Fort & Haridasa base
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Manvi

The Manvi belt on the Tungabhadra side — the ruined Manvi fort of the saint Jagannatha Dasa and the Neolithic-and-Chalukya site of Kallur.

Kallur Archaeological SiteManvi Fort
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Temple-town base
Town / base

Gabbur

The Chalukya temple town of Gabbur (Garbhapura) — a cluster of some thirty temples and their inscriptions.

Gabbur Temple Town
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Maski Ashokan Edict, MaskiFeatured: Maski Ashokan Edict
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Maski

The historic town of Maski — the Ashokan rock edict that first named the emperor Ashoka, on a granite boulder amid a prehistoric site.

Maski Ashokan Edict
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In the district

Where Lingsugur sits in Raichur district

Nearest airportHyderabad (HYD) ~180 km; Vidyanagar (VDY, Toranagallu/Ballari) ~110 km; Hubballi (HBX) ~200 km
Rail gatewayRaichur (RC) Junction on the Guntakal–Wadi (Mumbai–Chennai) line, with trains from Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Guntakal and Solapur
Bus / road accessNH-150 and NH-167; KSRTC and private buses from Hyderabad (~180 km), Kalaburagi, Ballari and Bengaluru (~410 km); a car is best for Mudgal, Jaladurga, Maski and Hutti.
District HQRaichur
LandscapeKrishna–Tungabhadra doab district of the Kalyana-Karnataka Deccan, ~400 m, bordering Telangana and Andhra Pradesh

Raichur district is known for: The Kakatiya Raichur hill fort and the Ek Minar mosque, the island fort of Jaladurga in the Krishna, the rock forts of Mudgal and Manvi, the Chalukya temple-town of Gabbur, the Hutti gold mines and the Ashokan edict at Maski.

Raichur FortMudgal FortMaski Ashokan Edict
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Mudgal Fort, Lingsugur
PlaceMudgal Fort

A great rock hill fort near Mudgal in Lingsugur taluk, long contested between the Bahmani and Vijayanagara empires — a Bala Hisar tower, water channels and gateways, with prehistoric rock paintings in the hills nearby.

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PlaceJaladurga Fort

An island fort in the Krishna near Lingsugur — a "fort on water" of seven gates on a rocky river island, held by the Adil Shahis, where the Krishna cascades in the seasonal Jaladurga falls. (The island is Raichur district; the opposite bank is Yadgir.)

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PlaceHutti Gold Mines

Hutti (Hatti) in Lingsugur taluk is India's only major working gold mine — a landscape of ancient hand-dug workings overlaid by the modern deep underground mine of the state gold company.

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Mudgal Fort

A rock hill fort ~100 km west near Lingsugur — a car is best; go by day, carry water, and look for the rock paintings in the hills nearby.

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Jaladurga Fort

A "fort on water" island in the Krishna near Lingsugur — go with a local boatman, do not swim, and keep back from the seasonal falls in spate.

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What are the best places to visit in Lingsugur?

Top places to visit in Lingsugur include Mudgal Fort, Jaladurga Fort, Hutti Gold Mines — each has a full guide with how to reach it and what to see nearby on this page.

How do I reach Lingsugur?

The nearest airport to Lingsugur is Hyderabad (HYD) ~180 km; Vidyanagar (VDY, Toranagallu/Ballari) ~110 km; Hubballi (HBX) ~200 km. The rail gateway is Raichur (RC) Junction on the Guntakal–Wadi (Mumbai–Chennai) line, with trains from Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Guntakal and Solapur. NH-150 and NH-167; KSRTC and private buses from Hyderabad (~180 km), Kalaburagi, Ballari and Bengaluru (~410 km); a car is best for Mudgal, Jaladurga, Maski and Hutti.

What is the best time to visit Lingsugur?

October to February is the coolest, most comfortable season to visit Lingsugur and the rest of Karnataka. March to May is hot on the plains, and the June–September southwest monsoon brings the main rains, heaviest along the coast and Western Ghats.

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