Sunday, May 9, 2010

Grishneshwar Temple Jyotirlinga

Grishneshwar Temple is an ancient pilgrimage site revered as the abode of one of the 12 Jyotirlinga manifestation of Lord Shiva. The Grishneshwar Jyotirlinga shrine is located at a village called...
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Sunday, May 9, 2010

Rameshwaram Temple Jyotirlinga

Rameshwaram Temple is situated in the island of Rameswaram, off the Sethu coast of Tamil Nadu and is reached via the Pamban Bridge across the sea. The huge temple is known for its long ornate...
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Sunday, May 9, 2010

Nageshwar Temple Jyotrilnga

Nageshwar Temple or Nagnath Temple is located on the route between Gomati Dwarka and the Bait Dwarka Island on the coast of Saurashtra in Gujarat. The Jyotirlinga enshrined in the Temple of...
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Sunday, May 9, 2010

Vaidyanath Temple Jyotirlinga

Vaidyanath Temple, also called Vaijnath Temple and Baidyanth Temple is located at Deogarh in the Santal Parganas region of Bihar in the south west of Keeul Station. Baidyanath shrine is revered...
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Sunday, May 9, 2010

Trimbakashwar Temple Jyotirlinga

Shri Trimbakeshwar Temple is located at a distance of about 30-km from Nasik in Maharashtra near the mountain named Brahmagiri from which the river Godavari flows. Trimbakeshwar Temple is revered...
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Sunday, May 9, 2010

Vishwanath Temple Jyotirlinga

Vishwanath Temple is located amidst the crowded lanes in the holy city of Varanasi also known as Kashi and Benares. The Vishwanath Temple enshrines one of the twelve Jyotirlingams of Lord Shiva...
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Sunday, May 9, 2010

Bhimashankar Temple Jyotirlinga

Bhimashankar Temple Jyotirlinga is situated in the ghat region of the Sahyadri hills in the village of Bhavagiri, 50-km north west of Khed, near Pune in Maharashtra. Bhima Shankar Temple lies...
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Sunday, May 9, 2010

Kedarnath Temple Jyotirlinga

One of the holiest pilgrimages for the Hindus, Kedarnath Temple Jyotirlinga is located in the picturesque surroundings of Rudra Himalaya Range at a height of 12000 feet on a mountain named Kedar....
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Sunday, May 9, 2010

Omkareshwar Temple Jyotirlinga

Omkareshwar Temple is situated on the mountain Mandhata by the banks of Narmada River in the Malva area in Madhya Pradesh. Omkareshwar Temple is one of the 12 revered Jyotirlinga shrines of...
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Sunday, May 9, 2010

Mallikarjun Temple Jyotirlinga

Mallikarjun Temple is situated on Shri Shaila Mountain by the banks of the Patal Ganga, Krishna River in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. Also known as Kailash of the South, Mallikarjuna...
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Sunday, May 9, 2010

Mahakaleshwara Temple Jyotirlinga Ujjain

Mahakaleshwara Temple is located by the banks of river Kshipra, in the dense Mahakal forests in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh. It is an important Shaivaite pilgrimage centre in North India and is revered...
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Sunday, May 9, 2010

Somnath Temple Jyotirlinga

Somnath Temple Jyotirlinga is situated at Somnath Patan (the south coast of Saurashtra), near Veraval in (Prabhas Kshetra) Kathaiwad district in Gujarat. Somnath is considered to be the first...
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Saturday, May 8, 2010

Twelve Jyotirlinga Lord Shiva

Twelve JyotirlingasThe names and the locations of the 12 Jyotirlingas are mentioned in the Shiva Purana (Śatarudra Saṁhitā,Ch.42/2-4). These shrines are:Number Jyotirlinga Image State Location Description1) SomnathGujaratPrabhas Patan, SaurashtraSomnath, destroyed and re-built six times, is held in reverence...
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Saturday, May 8, 2010

Jyotirlinga

A Jyotirlinga or Jyotirling or Jyotirlingam is a shrine where Lord Shiva, an aspect of God in Hinduism is worshipped in the form of a Jyotirlingam or "Lingam of light." There are twelve traditional Jyotirlinga shrines in India.It is believed that Lord Shiva first manifested himself as a Jyotirlinga on the night...
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