A Look At India's 12 Jyotirlingas

A Look At India's 12 Jyotirlingas which spread over different countries in India like Gujarat, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh.

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Somnath Jyotirlinga

The Somnath Temple, dedicated to Lord Shiva, is one of the important spiritual sites for Hindus. It is thought to be the first of the country's 12 jyotirlingas.

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Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga

The name Mallikarjuna is derived from Lord Shiva appearing as Arjuna on Amavasya (no moon day) and Goddess Parvati appearing as Mallika on Poornima .

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Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga

Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva and one of the twelve Jyotirlingas, or shrines believed to be Shiva's most sacred abodes.

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Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga

Omkareshwar is a Shiva-dedicated Hindu temple in Mandhata, near Khandwa city, in the Khandwa district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

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Baidyanath Jyotirlinga

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

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Bhimashankar Jyotirlinga

Bhimashankar is located in the Sahyadri Mountains' Ghat region. Bhimashankar Temple is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas located throughout India.

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Rameshwaram Jyotirlinga

Ramanathaswamy Temple (Rmantasvmi Kyil) is a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Shiva on the island of Rameswaram in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Nageshwar Jyotirlinga

Supriya's chants of 'Om Namaha Shivay' summoned Lord Shiva, who arrived and defeated the demon. To this day, a self-manifested Shivalinga is prayed here.

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Kashi Vishwanath

Kashi Vishwanath Temple is a well-known Hindu shrine dedicated to Lord Shiva. It is situated in Varanasi's Vishwanath Gali, Uttar Pradesh, India.

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Trimbakeshwar Jyotirlinga

Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple is an ancient Hindu temple located in Trimbak, in the Trimbakeshwar tehsil of Maharashtra's Nashik District.

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Grishneshwar Jyotirlinga

The temple is an important pilgrimage site in Hinduism's Shaiva tradition, which regards it as the twelfth Jyotirlinga (linga of light).

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Kedarnath Jyotirlinga

This Jyotirlinga is unique in that it is shaped like a triangle. Lord Vishnu's incarnations Nar and Narayan are said to have done penance on Kedar Shring in the Himalayas.

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