The 12 Jyotirlingas: Where Are They Located
Feb 11, 2018, 14:38 IST
Somnath Jyotir Lingam
Jyoti means 'radiance' and lingam the 'Image or Sign' of Shiva; Jyotir Lingam thus means the Radiant Sign of The Almighty Shiva. There are twelve traditional Jyotirlinga shrines in India, 4 of them in Maharashtra.
The 12 Jyotirlingas sites in India take the name of the presiding deity. Each considered a different manifestation of Lord Shiva. The primary image as all these lingas is the “lingam” representing the beginning and end stambh pillar or the infinite nature of Lord Shiva.
The 12 Jyotirlingas:
- Somnath - Saurashtra - Gujarat
- Mallikārjuna Swāmi - Srisailam - Andhra Pradesh
- Mahakaleshwar - Ujjain - Madhya Pradesh
- Omkareshwar - Omkareshwar - Madhya Pradesh
- Kedarnath - Kedarnath - Uttarakhand
- Bhimashankar - Bhimashankar - Maharashtra
- Kashi Vishwanath Temple - Varanasi - Uttar Pradesh
- Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple - Nashik - Maharashtra
- Nageshvara Jyotirlinga - Hingoli - Maharashtra
- Vaidyanath Temple - Deoghar - Jharkhand
- Rameshwar - Rameswaram - Tamil Nadu
- Grishneshwar - Aurangabad - Maharashtra
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