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Temples of Bharat
Dwadash Jyotirlinga
द्वादश ज्योतिर्लिंग
The twelve radiant lingams of Shiva.
रामनाथस्वामी, रामेश्वरम्
Ramanathaswamy, Rameshwaram
Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu
Shiva
A Jyotirlinga and Char Dham shrine, said to have been consecrated by Rama, with the longest temple corridor in Bharat.
सोमनाथ
Somnath
Prabhas Patan, Veraval, Gujarat
Shiva
The first among the twelve Jyotirlingas, set on the shore of the Arabian Sea.
नागेश्वर
Nageshwar
Dwarka, Gujarat
Shiva
The lord of nagas near Dwarka, protector against poison and evil.
ओंकारेश्वर
Omkareshwar
Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh
Shiva
On an Om-shaped island in the Narmada, worshipped as Omkara.
वैद्यनाथ
Vaidyanath (Parli)
Parli Vaijnath, Maharashtra
Shiva
Parli Vaijnath — the authentic Vaidyanatha Jyotirlinga named in the Dwadasha Jyotirlinga Stotra ('Vaidyanatham cha Paralyam'), the linga of Shiva as the divine physician (Vaidya). The Baidyanath of Deoghar, Jharkhand is also widely revered as a Jyotirlinga but is traditionally an atma-linga linked to the story of Ravana.
मल्लिकार्जुन
Mallikarjuna
Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh
Shiva
Shiva and Parvati (as Mallikarjuna and Bhramaramba) on the Srisailam hill by the Krishna.
महाकालेश्वर
Mahakaleshwar
Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
Shiva
The only south-facing Jyotirlinga, famed for the pre-dawn Bhasma Aarti.
घृष्णेश्वर
Grishneshwar
Aurangabad, Maharashtra
Shiva
The last of the twelve Jyotirlingas, near the Ellora caves.
काशी विश्वनाथ
Kashi Vishwanath
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Shiva
One of the twelve Jyotirlingas, standing on the western bank of the Ganga in the ancient city of Kashi.
भीमाशंकर
Bhimashankar
Pune, Maharashtra
Shiva
In the Sahyadri hills, source of the Bhima river, where Shiva slew Tripurasura.
केदारनाथ
Kedarnath
Kedarnath, Himalaya, Uttarakhand
Shiva
A Jyotirlinga and one of the Char Dham, set at 3,583 m amid the Garhwal Himalaya.
त्र्यंबकेश्वर
Trimbakeshwar
Nashik, Maharashtra
Shiva
The source of the Godavari, with a three-faced lingam of Brahma-Vishnu-Shiva.