Places of Worship
Town has temples of lord Ganesh, Vitthal, Yallamma devi, Mahadev (One Built in recent years and one ancient), Maruti etc. for worship of god and goddess. Arag town also known for Yallamma Devi's yatra. Many people visit the town on January 26 every year during the yatra (Annual Pilgrimage) of goddess Yallamma devi.
It is said that people of Arag tried to uplift or shift the old Mahadev Pind (Shiv Ling) to new location but they couldn't as the Shiv Ling was unmovable. So you can visit two Mahadev mandirs in Arag.
Arag do have a large Jain community both Digambar and Shwetambar, It has an Ancient Digambar Jain mandir built more than 1000 years ago, they say this mandir was built by Daitais in pre historic era. Now due to negligence of Archeological department the local community has started to restructure it. A thorough Jain should visit and have darshan of the "Parshwanath" there, if you do 108 pradakshinas all your wish comes true and fulfilled.
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