 Vijayanagar empire's Krishna devaraya after undertaking raichur then he went across mudgal to Bijapur in his campaign

There is also a folk song on mudgal
"ಆ ಕಲ್ಲ ಈ ಕಲ್ಲ 
ಹಚ್ಚ ಹಳದಿ ಕಲ್ಲ ಇಳಕಲ್
ಅದರ ಮುಂದಿರುವ ಮುತ್ತಿನ ಕಲ್ಲ ಮುದ್ಗಲ್"

The most important place of interest at Mudgal is the fort.In the construction of the fort at Mudgal, advantage was taken of a hillock on the top of which were built houses of the royalty and a wall with bastions.The outer fortifications of Mudgal cover an area of half a square mile.