12 Jyotirlingas
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The twelve shrines where Shiva is worshipped as a jyotirlinga, a linga of light, named in the Dvadasha Jyotirlinga Stotram. They stretch from Kedarnath in the Himalaya to Rameswaram in the far south.
Hindu
Some traditions place Vaidyanath at Parli Vaijnath (Maharashtra), and Nageshwar at Aundha Nagnath (Maharashtra) or Jageshwar (Uttarakhand).
| # | Place | Location | State/UT or country | Deity or details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somnath Temple | Prabhas Patan, Gir Somnath district | Gujarat | Shiva |
| 2 | Mallikarjuna and Bhramaramba Temple, Srisailam | Srisailam, Nandyal district | Andhra Pradesh | neck · Bhramarambika |
| 3 | Mahakaleshwar Temple | Ujjain | Madhya Pradesh | upper lip · Mahakali |
| 4 | Omkareshwar | Mandhata island in the Narmada, Khandwa district | Madhya Pradesh | Shiva |
| 5 | Kedarnath | Rudraprayag district (about 3,580 m) | Uttarakhand | Shiva |
| 6 | Bhimashankar | Sahyadri hills, Pune district | Maharashtra | Shiva |
| 7 | Kashi Vishwanath Temple | Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh | Shiva as Vishwanath |
| 8 | Trimbakeshwar | Trimbak, Nashik district | Maharashtra | Shiva |
| 9 | Baidyanath Dham | Deoghar | Jharkhand | heart · Jayadurga |
| 10 | Nageshwar Jyotirlinga | near Dwarka, Devbhumi Dwarka district | Gujarat | Shiva |
| 11 | Ramanathaswamy Temple | Rameswaram island, Ramanathapuram district | Tamil Nadu | Shiva as Ramanathaswamy |
| 12 | Grishneshwar | Verul (Ellora), Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district | Maharashtra | Shiva |