Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Jyotirlinga of Lord Shiva in India

Twelve ( 12 ) holy Jyotirlinga of Lord Shiva in India.

Jyotirlinga are set of 12 Shiva Temples spread all over India and considered holiest for Shiva devotees.

Major 3 Jyotirlingas:

01. Trimbakeshwar near Nashik, Maharastra
02. Bhimashankar, Off Pune, Maharastra
03. Grishneshwar near Ellora caves, Aurangabad, Maharastra

The above 3 temmple are visited most by tourists who visit Western India.

MAP OF Trimbakeshwar - Bhimashankar - Grishneshwar


However there are 2 other Jyotirlinga in Maharastra named Nagnath at Aundha and Parli Baidyanath that are considered by many one of the Jyotirlingas.

Rest 9 out of 12 Jyotirlingar are follows:

04. Somnath Near Vevaral, Gujrat
05. Nageshwar near Dwarka, Gujrat
06. Rameshwaram, Off Madurai, Tamilnadu
07. Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh
08. Mahakalaswar, Ujjain, Madya Pradesh
09. Omkareshwar, Off Indore, Madya Pradesh
10. Vaidyanath, Deogarh, Jharkhand
11. Viswanath, Varanasi, Varanasi
12. Kedarnath, Uttaranchal

The above is a small effort from Kartik Rath to share information of 12 Jyotirlinga in India mainly 3 major ones in Maharastra. Many tourists mainly from from India visit to these 3 Jyotirlinga in Maharastra.

Please leave a message if you need information about any distination / place in India.


Best wishes,

Kartik Rath
Online Marekting Professional in Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India
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