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Arang is a town and a Nagar Palika in Raipur District in the state of Chhattisgarh, India. It is situated near the eastern limits of Raipur City. Arang is an ancient town, which was ruled by the Haihayas Rajput dynasty. It is famous for its many Jain and Hindu temples which belong to the 11th and 12th centuries; these are the Bhand Deval Jain temple, the Mahamsmaya temple, the Panchamukhi temple and the Hanuman temple. Archaeological finds of a copper plate inscription dated to the Gupta Empire, known as the Arang Plate of Bhimasena II of the clan of Rajarsitulya, has established the town's ancient history as a Hindu and Jain religious centre, which was then under the rule of Hindu kings. The Bhand Deval Jain temple is the most ancient of these temples dated to 11th century where three huge images of Digambara tirthankaras are deified in the sanctum sanctorum; these are carved in black stone and polished.
Economic activity in the town is mostly related to small scale industries of rice and pulse mills, and many types of forest products. Religious tourism is receiving attention.
Arang is a figure in the folklore of the Miryang area of Korea. According to the legend, she was the daughter of a magistrate (busa) of Miryang during the Joseon Dynasty. Her wicked nanny conspired to have the servant Baekga seize her at night and rape her; however, she resisted and Baekga stabbed her to death. Her father, thinking she had eloped with a stranger, resigned his position in shame. Thereafter, whenever a new magistrate was appointed Arang's corpse would appear; soon no-one would take the position. At last a bold man named Yi Sang-sa was appointed to the post, and he promised Arang's ghost that he would avenge her. He had Baekga seized and executed. Thereafter, her spirit ceased to trouble the town.
The Aranggak shrine, where Arang's spirit is venerated, still stands in Miryang, on the Yeongnamnu bluff overlooking the Miryang River.
Arang is a 2006 South Korean horror film.
Arang may refer to:
- Arang, town and a nagar panchayat in Raipur District in the state of Chhattisgarh, India
- Arang (film) (아랑, Arang), 2006 South Korean horror film
- Arang (Korean folklore), figure in the folklore of the Miryang area of Korea
- Tale of Arang, a 2012 South Korean MBC television series
Usage examples of "arang".
They drove before them goat and arang, the quadruped that lived on lichens or rocklice.
There was no vegetation, except for an occasional stunted holly bush, the leaves of which were too bitter even for the omnivorous arang to eat.
Beside them were seventeen arangs, sturdy goatlike animals with thick coats which provided most of the humble needs of the nomads.
Only the sentry was outside this circle, and he lay innocently with his head resting on the pelage of one of the arangs.
Shay Tal continued her harangue with variations, damning all ignorant and brutal men.
Children were playing here now, calling to each other, running across slippery rock without falling, agile as arangs.
They had pursued nomadic people, on the threshold of humanity, still ignorant of the power of the seed, and therefore condemned to a life of wandering, tracking them up perilous paths to acquire a few head of scraggy arang for the mess pot.
The spare flesh on his body made its own movements under his arang jacket.
These encouraging signals rang through the hollow spaces round about, clear above the bleat of the arang.
The dogs channelled the arang along beside the river, where a path had been worn.
The men whistled shrilly, the asokins marshalled the arang into a bunch, preventing them crossing the bridge.
They were moving over the undulant hills north of the settlement by the river tracks along which the arangherds had come the previous day.
The roast arang were attacked until nothing but the stained cages of their ribs remained.
The New Season contained, besides such provisions as Odim could lay his hands on at short notice, a herd of arang, fine Odim porcelain services, and a sick man bearing the plague, with a slave woman to tend him.
I’ve been through the last few days eating raw arang-yes, and killing a man for the privilege of doing so .