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    800km 500miles 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1    A Jyotirlinga (Sanskrit: ज्योतिर्लिङ्ग, romanized: Jyotirliṅga, lit. 'lingam of light') or Jyotirlingam is a...
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    Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga (IPA: [mahākāleśvara]) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva and is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas, shrines which are said to...
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    temples mentioned in the Shiva Purana and is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas. Nageshvara jyotirlinga is situated in a forest called Daarukavanam In Gujarat According...
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    Madhya Pradesh has two Jyotirlingas, the second one, Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga, is situated about 140 km north of Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga. According to the...
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    road. It is dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva and is one of the twelve jyotirlingas where the Hindu genealogy registers at Trimbakeshwar, Maharashtra are...
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    sects of Shaivism as this temple is referred to as one of the twelve Jyotirlingas. According to the legends, Ravana was performing penance in the Himalayan...
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    Shaivism and Shaktism as this temple is referred to as one of the twelve Jyotirlingas of Shiva and as one of the eighteen Shakti Pithas, centres of the Hindu...
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  • Vaidyanath Jyotirlinga, also known as Baidyanath, Vaijnath and Baijnath is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas, the most sacred abodes of Shiva. However, the...
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    Sri Dwadasha Jyotirlinga Temple is located in Bangalore, in the state of Karnataka, India. The temple is located in Omkar Ashram, in Omkar Hills Bangalore...
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    Grishneshwar Temple (category Jyotirlingas)
    Grushneshwar Jyotirlinga is a Hindu temple of Shiva in Verul village of Aurangabad district, Maharashtra, India. It is one of the 12 Jyotirlinga mandirs....
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    Kashi Vishwanath Temple (category Jyotirlingas)
    India. The temple is a Hindu pilgrimage site and is one of the twelve Jyotirlinga shrines. The presiding deity is known by the names Vishwanath and Vishweshwara...
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    Ramanathaswamy Temple (category Jyotirlingas)
    Rameswaram island in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the twelve Jyotirlinga temples. It is one of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams, the sacred sites...
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    form of a lingam. The most prominent of these are the Jyotirlinga temples. The 12 Jyotirlinga temples as mentioned in the Shiva Purana are :- In South...
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    Bhimashankar Jyotirlinga (Dakinyam), Bhimpur, is a Hindu temple situated in the western part of the holy Mahendragiri mountains on the Mahendratanaya...
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    pilgrimage centre and contains one of the 12 Jyotirlingas. The temple's Shiva lingam is one of the three Jyotirlingas of Maharashtra. The mandir is situated...
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  • twelve Jyotirlingas in India. The twelve Jyotirlingas are: Bhimashankar Temple, near Pune Somnath at Veraval in Gujarat Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga at Srisailam...
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    the Parli taluka of Beed district.There are 12 Jyotirlinga in India one of which is Vaidyanath Jyotirlinga located in Parli Vaijnath. Parli is in Beed district...
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    Aundha Nagnath Temple (category Jyotirlingas)
    (Marathi: औंढा नागनाथ मंदिर) is an ancient Shiva temple, claimed to be a Jyotirlinga in contrast to Nageshwar Temple in Dwarka. Located at Aundha Nagnath...
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    kilometres (164 mi) from Vijayawada. The town is famous for the Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga Temple and is one of the holy pilgrimage sites for the Shaivism and Shaktism...
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    descent from Makardhwaja. Nageshvara Jyotirlinga Mandir is a temple dedicated to Shiva, and one of the twelve Jyotirlingas (meaning “pillars of light") is...
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    Temple; Sabarimala home to Swami Ayyappan; the Shakti Peethas; the twelve Jyotirlingas; the seven Sapta Puri. Cities Celebrated in Literature: 276 Paadal Petra...
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    Kedarnath Temple (category Jyotirlingas)
     'temple of the God of the field') is a Hindu temple, one of the twelve jyotirlinga of Shiva. The temple is located on the Garhwal Himalayan range near the...
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    Ghushmeshwar is a Shiva temple, claimed by devotees to be the twelfth Jyotirlinga of Lord Shiva in the Hindu religion, which is located in the village...
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    Somnath temple (category Jyotirlingas)
    sites the Tirtha Kshetra for Hindus and is the first among the twelve jyotirlinga shrines of Shiva. It is unclear when the first version of the Somnath...
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    (Simhastha) held there every 12 years. The famous temple of Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga is located in the center of the city. The city has been one of the most...
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    Bhimeswar Dham (category Jyotirlingas)
    to Bhimashankar Jyotirlinga on Dakini hill. Bhimeswar dham at Pamohi is interpreted by the devotees to be the same Dwadas Jyotirlinga. Bhimashankar dham...
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    Shaivism pilgrimage tradition, twelve major temples of Shiva are called Jyotirlinga, which means "linga of light", and these are located across India. Puranic...
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  • dictionary. Vaidyanatha or Vaidyanath is usually a form of Jyotirlinga, see Vaidyanath Jyotirlinga. Vaidyanatha is a given name of some shaivites in India:...
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    aforementioned flower in his worship. To honour Shiva's appearance as the jyotirlinga, this day is called Kārtikai mahatīpam in Tamil (Great lamp of the month...
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    administrative headquarters. This district is known for the Baidyanath Jyotirlinga shrine and is a part of the Santhal Pargana division. Deoghar is a Hindi...
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