Maha Shivratri: 12 Jyotirlingas in India & Their Locations

Kedarnath in Uttarkhand

Kedarnath is the most remote of the four Chota Char Dham pilgrimage sites.

Vaidyanath – Deoghar In Jharkhand

Vaidyanatha Jyotirlinga temple, also known as Baba Baidyanath dham and Baidyanath dham is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas.

Kashi Vishwanath – Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh

The temple stands on the western bank of the holy river Ganga, and is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas, the holiest of Shiva temples.

Mahakaleshwar – Ujjain In Madhya Pradesh

Omkareshwar is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva, located in Mandhata, nearby Khandwa city in Khandwa district.

Omkareshwar – Khandwa In Madhya Pradesh

Somnath – Gir Somnath In Gujarat

Somnath temple, a place of pilgrimage due to its importance as Jyotirlinga site dedicated to Shiva.

Nageshwar – Daarukavanam In Gujarat

It is located in Dwarka Gujarat, India.

Bhimashankar – Pune In Maharashtra

Bhimashankar is an ancient shrine situated in the Sahyadri hills in the state of Maharashtra.

Trimbakeshwar – Nashik In Maharashtra

An ancient Hindu temple in the town of Trimbak, in the Trimbakeshwar tehsil in the Nashik District of Maharashtra, India, 28 km from the city of Nashik and 40 km from Nashik road.

Grishneshwar – Aurangabad In Maharashtra

This pilgrimage site is located in Ellora (also called Verul), less than a kilometer from Ellora Caves – a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Mallikarjuna – Srisailam In Andhra Pradesh

Hindu temple is dedicated to the deities Shiva and Parvati.

Rameshwaram Island in Tamil Nadu

The southern most Jyotirlinga among the 12 is on Rameshwaram Island.

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