| Jyotirlinga is a shrine dedicated
to Lord Shiva where Shiva is worshipped in the form of
a Jyotirlingam or "Lingam of Light". There are
said to be twelve Jyotirlinga shrines in India although
their location is not consistently identified. The Jyotirlingas
look like any other Shiva Linga. However, it is believed
that a person who has attained a certain degree of spirituality
sees these lingas as columns of fire piercing through
the earth. How much Jyotirlinga in India ?
There are 12 famous Jyotirlingas where Lord Shiva appeared
in the form of light (Jyothi) lingam. These have been
worshipped from time immemorial. They are mentioned
in the Dwadasa Jyotirlinga Stotra and are enshrined
in following temples.
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Somnath
is the foremost of the twelve Jyotirlinga Shrines of Shiva.
It is located at Prabhas Patan in Saurashtra in Gujarat.
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Dwarka in Gujarat is home to
the Nageshwar Jyotirlinga temple. Daruka vane means deodar
forest.
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Ujjain in Madhya
Pradesh is home to the Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga temple.
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Srisailam near Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh enshrines Mallikarjuna
in an ancient temple. Adi Shankara composed his Sivananda
Lahiri here. Read
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Bhimashankar, in the Sahyadri range of Maharashtra, contains
a Jyotirlinga shrine associated with Shiva destroying
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Omkareshwar in Madhya Pradesh on an island in the Narmada
river is home to a Jyotirlinga shrine and the Amareshwar
temple.
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Kedarnath in Uttarakhand is the northernmost of the Jyotirlingas.
It is accessible only by foot, and only for six months
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Varanasi (Benares) in Uttar Pradesh is home to the Vishwanath
Jyotirling temple.
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Trimbakeshwar, near Nashik in Maharashtra, has a Jyotirlinga
shrine associated with the origin of the Godavari river.
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Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu is home to the vast Ramalingeswarar
Jyotirlinga temple and is revered as the southernmost
of the twelve Jyotirlinga shrines of India.
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Grishneshwar Jyotirlinga shrine,
in Aurangabad Maharashtra, is located near the rock-cut
temples of Ellora.
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Baidyanathdham in Deoghar, Jharkhand Vaidyanath Temple,
also called Vaijnath Temple is located at Deogarh in the
Santal Parganas region of Jharkhand in the south west
of Keeul Station.
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