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As per hinduism which 12 places are famous for Jyotirlingas of Lord Shiva?

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As per hinduism which 12 places are famous for Jyotirlingas of Lord Shiva?
posted Jul 6, 2015 by Pardeep Kohli

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A Jyotirlinga or Jyotirling is a devotional object representing the god Shiva. Jyoti means 'radiance' and lingam the 'mark or sign' of Shiva, or a symbol of the pineal gland or The Radiant sign of The Almighty. There are twelve traditional Jyotirlinga shrines in India as following -

  1. Somnath - Gujrat
  2. Mallikarjuna - Andhra Pradesh
  3. Mahakaleshwar - Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
  4. Omkareshwar - Madhya Pradesh
  5. Vaidhyanath - deogarh, Jharkhand
  6. Bhimshankar - Maharashtra
  7. Rameshwar - Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu
  8. Nageshwar - Hingoli, Maharashtra
  9. Kashi vishwanath - Varanasi, UP
  10. Trimbakeshwar - Nasik, Maharashtra
  11. Kedarnath - Uttarakhand
  12. Ghrishneshwar - Daulatabad, Maharashtra
answer Jul 6, 2015 by Salil Agrawal
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