Trimbakeshwar Jyotirling (Marathi:त्रिंबकेश्वर ज्य्होतीर्लिंग, Hindi:त्रिम्बकेश्वर ज्योतिर्लिंग) is on the banks of Gautami near Nasik in Maharashtra. Of the 12 JyotirLingas of Lord Shankara, the 10th is known as Tryambakeshwara. There are two stories related to Trimbakeshwar. One story is about Simhastha Parva according to Padma Puran. Centuries ago the gods and goddesses used to roam […]
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Kedarnath Jyotirling | केदारनाथ ज्योतिर्लिंग – Himalayas, Uttarakhand
Kedarnath Jyotirling (Hindi:केदारनाथ ज्योतिर्लिंग, Sanskrit:केदर्णतः जय्होतिर्लिन्ग) is one of the best known Shivasthalams in India and is considered to be one of the most sacred pilgrimage centers of the country, located in the lofty Himalayas. It is revered as one of the 12 Jyotirlingams – the Northern most one, – Haridwar District,Himalayas, Uttarakhand. Legend goes […]
Nageshwar Jyotirling | Dwarka, Gujarat
Nageshwar Jyotirling (Gujarati:નાગેશ્વર જ્ય્હોતીર્લીંગ, Hindi:नागेश्वर ज्योतिर्लिंग) is one of the 12 Jyotirlinga shrines of Shivais and located between Dwarka and Dwarka island in Gujarat on the coast of Surat, Dwarka, Gujarat. Pandavas came here during their Vanvas (life in forests) build a hermitage for themselves. Their cows used to go to the same river bank […]
Vaidyanath Jyotirlinga | Jharkhand
Deogarh Vaidyanath Jyotirlinga ( Urdu: وائیڈیناتھ جیوتیرلنگ، Hindi:देओगढ़ वैद्यनाथ ज्योतिर्लिंग) is located at Deogarh in the Santal Parganas region of Bihar( present divided and named as Jharkhand) in the south west of Keeul Station. Vaidyanath Temple, also called Vaijnath Temple and Baidyanath Temple. Baidyanath shrine is revered as one of the twelve Jyotirlingams of Shiva. […]
Bhimashankar Jyotirling | भीमाशंकर ज्योतिर्लिंग – Bhorgiri, Maharashtra
Bhimashankar Jyotirling (Marathi:भीमाशंकर ज्योतिर्लिंग, Hindi:Bhimashankar Jyotirling) is an ancient shrine, enshrining Bhimashankara one of the 12 Jyotirlingas of Shiva. Bhimashankar is located in the village of Bhorgiri 50 km north west of Khed, near Pune, Maharashtra. It is said that King Kamrupeshwar, the king of Kamrup, was a very ardent devotee of Lord Shiva. One […]