12 Jyotirling Yatra

Somnath, destroyed and re-built six times, is held in reverence throughout India and is rich in legend, tradition, and history. It is located at Prabhas Patan in Saurashtra in Gujarat. Mallikarjuna, also called Srisaila, is the name of the pillar located on a mountain on the river Krishna. Srisailam, near Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh enshrines Mallikarjuna in an ancient temple that is architecturally and sculpturally rich. Adi Shankara composed his Sivananda Lahiri here. Mahakal, Ujjain (or Avanti) in Madhya Pradesh is home to the Mahakaleshwar Jyotirling temple. The Lingam at Mahakal is believed to be Swayambhu, the only one of the 12 Jyotirlingams to be so. It is also the only one facing south and also the temple to have a Shree Yantra perched upside down at the ceiling of the Garbha Graha. Mamleshwar, Omkareshwar in Madhya Pradesh on an island in the Narmada river is home to a Jyotirling shrine and the Mamaleshwar temple. Kedarnath in Uttarakhand is the northern most of the Jyotirlings. Kedarnath, nestled in the snow-clad Himalayas, is an ancient shrine, rich in legend and tradition. It is accessible only by foot, and only for six months a year. Bhimashankar, in the Sahyadri range of Maharashtra, contains a Jyotirling shrine associated with Shiva destroying the demon Tripurasura. There is also a Bhimashankara temple at Kashipurnear Nainital, which was referred to as Daakini country in ancient days. It is believed that Bhima the Pandava prince was married to Hidamba, a Daakini here. Mahashivaratri is celebrated in great splendour here too. This temple also has shrines to Bhairavanath and Devi, and a temple tank by name Shivaganga. Varanasi (Banaras) in Uttar Pradesh is home to the Vishwanath Jyotirling temple. Trimbakeshwar, near Nasik in Maharashtra, has a Jyotirling shrine associated with the origin of the Godavari river. Baidyanath dham in Deoghar,(Jharkhand) & Parli Vaidyanath Temple, (Maharashtra), also called Vaijnath Temple and Baidyanth Temple is located at Deogarh in the Santal Parganas region of Jharkhand in the south west of Keeul Station. Nageshwar Temple Dwarika, Dwarka Gujarat. Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu is home to the vast Ramalingeswar Jyotirling temple and is revered as the southern most of the twelve Jyotirling shrines of India. It enshrines the Ramesvara ("Lord of Rama") pillar. Ghrishneshwar Jyotirling shrine, in Aurangabad Maharashtra, is located near the rock-cut temples of Ellora.

 

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