The 12 Jyotirlingas are sacred shrines dedicated to Lord Shiva, one of the principal deities in Hinduism. Each Jyotirlinga is believed to be a manifestation of Shiva’s divine light. Here’s a list of the 12 Jyotirlingas, along with their locations:
- Somnath – Prabhas Patan, near Veraval in Saurashtra, Gujarat.
- Mallikarjuna – Srisailam, in Andhra Pradesh.
- Mahakaleshwar – Ujjain, in Madhya Pradesh.
- Omkareshwar – Mandhata Island, Khandwa district, in Madhya Pradesh.
- Kedarnath – Kedarnath, in Uttarakhand.
- Bhimashankar – Pune, in Maharashtra.
- Kashi Vishwanath – Varanasi, in Uttar Pradesh.
- Trimbakeshwar (Trimbak) – Trimbak, Nashik district, in Maharashtra.
- Vaidyanath (Vaijnath) – Vaidyanath, in Deoghar, Jharkhand, and also claimed to be in Vaijnath, in the present-day Bihar.
- Nageshwar (Aundha Nagnath) – Dwarka, in Gujarat.
- Rameshwar (Ramanathaswamy) – Rameswaram, in Tamil Nadu.
- Grishneshwar – Ellora, near Aurangabad, in Maharashtra.
Each of these Jyotirlingas holds significant religious importance and is the focus of various pilgrimage traditions.
With help from Chat GPT.
