A Jyotirlinga' or Jyotirling or Jyotirlingam is a shrine where Lord Shiva, an aspect of God in Hinduism is worshipped in the form of a Jyotirlingam or "Lingam (pillar) of light." There are twelve traditional Jyotirlinga shrines in India.
It is believed that Lord Shiva first manifested himself as a Jyotirlinga on the night of the Aridra Nakshatra, thus the special reverence for the Jyotirlinga. There is nothing to distinguish the appearance, but it is believed that a person can see these lingas as columns of fire piercing through the earth after he reaches a higher level of spiritual attainment. There are twelve Jyotirlingas in India and they are spread all over India.
- Somnath is located at Prabhas Patan, near Veraval, Gujarat
- Mahakaleshwar is located at Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
- Omkareshwar is located near Indore, Madhya Pradesh
- Kedarnath is located at Kedarnath, Uttarakhand
- Bhimashankar is located near Pune, Maharashtra
- Kashi Vishwanath is located at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
- Trimbakeshwar Trimbak, near Nasik, Maharashtra
- Ramanathaswamy is located atRameswaram, Tamil Nadu
- Grishneshwar is located at near Ellora, Maharashtra
- Vaidyanath temple is located at Deoghar, Jharkhand
- Nageswar Temple is located at Dwaraka, Gujarat
- Mallikarjuna Swamy is located at Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh
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