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ARAG
Arag, with 9,585 inhabitants in 1961, is a village in Miraj taluka lying 19.31 km (12 miles) cast of the taluka headquarters. It is a railway station on the Miraj-Kurduvadi section of the South Central Railway. It has large orchards of betel-leaf, which is the chief produce, and is sent to places like Bombay, Barsi and Ratna-giri. Before the merger of states it formed a part of the former Icalkaranji State. Arag has five primary schools, a high school, a library, an agricultural demonstration centre, a primary health centre, a post office and a family planning centre. There are temples dedicated to Yallamma Devi and Laksmi and a dargah. On the occasion of the Yallamma Devi fair, which falls on Pausa Suddha pancami, a large cattle market is held. The fair is attended by about 2,500 to 3,000 people. A fair in honour of Laksmi is also held in Caitra and is attended by nearly 4,000 persons. There is an old gadhi lying amidst ruins but for a solitary bastion.
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