12 JYOTIRLINGA OF LORD SHIVA

Dharm 1. Somnath Veraval, Saurashtra, Gujarat Somnath is considered the first pilgrimage. The Dwadash Jyotirlinga -pilgrimage starts from the Somnath Temple. 2. Mallikarjuna Srisailam, this temple on the mountain in Kurnool, Andhra Pradeshhayalaseema, has Shakti Panh and Jyotirlingam together. Adi Shankaracharya composed his Shivanand Lahiri here. 3. Mahakaleshwar Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh is considered the only lingam of Mahakal out of 12 Jyotirlingas. It is also the only temple with South face and placed on the roof of the Sanctum Sanctorum. 4. Omkarsshwar Khandwa, Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, presumably has a temple on the island of Mandhata between the Narmada River in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, that Lord Shiva comes here. 5. This Temple of Lord Shiva located in Kedarnath Kedarnath, Uttarakhand Rudraprayag district is one of the 12 Jouotirlingas as well as part of Panch Kedar and Char Dham. 6. Bhimashankar Khed Taluka, Pune, Maharashtrah Temple is located at an altitude of 3250 feet. Khed Taluka is also called Dakini Country and this temple is also called Dakini Temple. 7. Kashi Vishwanath Varanasi, Kashi Vishwanath, one of the holiest temples of Uttar Pradesh Hindu, is also mentioned in the Mahabharata and Upanishads. 8. Trimbakeshwar Nashik, located near the origin of the Trimbakgodavari River near Maharashtra, has this temple three faces, which are considered a symbol of Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma. 9. NearShwar Dwarka, Gujaratis -Temple, is known as Nagnath Temple, Nailshwar Mahadev Temple and Nageshwar Temple. Here is an 80 foot high statue of Lord Shiva. 10. Jyotirlinga is based in the main temple of Baidyanath Doghar, Jharkhand Baba Baidyanath Dham Temple Complex. There are still 21 temples in this campus. 11. RAMESWARAM RAMESWARAM, this temple in the Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadutmilnadu, was also included in the four Dhams. 12. Ghneshwar Aurangabad, Maharashtritya is that Shivalinga was formed by rubbing the Vermillion of Mata Parvati here. That’s why it’s called Dhwarsheshwar Temple. In Sanskrit, the meaning of ghost is to rub. Click here Life & Style Click for more stories Click here