Twelve Jyotirlingas

The twelve shrines where Shiva is worshipped as a pillar of light. The twelve names are fixed by the hymns, but for several of them more than one temple claims the name; every claimant with sources is shown.

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#	Shrine	Place
1	Somnath	Somnath Temple, Gujarat	Map
2	Mallikarjuna	Mallikarjuna (Bhramaramba-Mallikarjuna) Temple, Andhra Pradesh	Map
3	Mahakaleshwar	Mahakaleshwar Temple, Madhya Pradesh	Map
4	Omkareshwar Also identified with: Mamleshwar (Amaleshwar / Amareshwar) Temple, Madhya Pradesh — paired shrine	Omkareshwar (Omkar Mandhata) Temple, Madhya Pradesh	Map
5	Vaidyanath Also identified with: Shri Vaijnath (Vaidyanath) Temple, Maharashtra	Baidyanath (Baba Baidyanath Dham) Temple, Jharkhand	Map
6	Bhimashankar Also identified with: Bhimashankar on Brahmapur hill near Guwahati, Assam — single source Also identified with: Shiva temple at Ujjanak, Uttarakhand — single source	Bhimashankar Temple, Maharashtra	Map
7	Rameshwaram	Ramanathaswamy Temple, Tamil Nadu	Map
8	Nageshwar Also identified with: Aundha Nagnath Temple, Maharashtra Also identified with: Jageshwar temple group, Uttarakhand — single source	Nageshwar Jyotirlinga Temple, Gujarat	Map
9	Kashi Vishwanath	Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Uttar Pradesh	Map
10	Trimbakeshwar	Trimbakeshwar Temple, Maharashtra	Map
11	Kedarnath	Kedarnath Temple, Uttarakhand	Map
12	Grishneshwar (Ghushmeshwar) Also identified with: Ghushmeshwar Temple, Rajasthan — single source	Grishneshwar Temple, Maharashtra	Map

Each shrine and identification was checked against at least two independent sources; claims resting on one source are marked.

Twelve Jyotirlingas

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