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JYOTIRLINGA

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Interesting facts

Shree Somnath 

Veraval, Gujarat 

The temple is destroyed 16 times and rebuilt again. 

Sri Bhramaramba Mallikarjuna

Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh 

Mallikarjuna is the name of Lord Shiva and Bhramaramba is the name of Parvati Mata. 

Ujjain Mahakaleshwar

Ujjain, MadhyaPradesh 

The Shivling here is ‘Swayambhu’  (Self Appeared). 

Omkareshwar

He is present in every pebble of the Narmada River. 

Mandhata( Banks of Narmada) 

Rameshwaram

Lord Rama himself made a Parthiv Shivling and worshipped it before  going to Lanka. 

Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu

Bhimashankar

Bhimashankar Jyotirlinga is one of the most ancient temples. 

Sahyadri ranges, Maharashtra 

Kashi Vishwanath

Kashi is a timeless spiritual destination known as the bestower of ‘Moksha’. 

Varanasi , Uttar Pradesh

Trimbakeshwar

Nashik, Maharashtra 

Kashi is a timeless spiritual destination known as the bestower of ‘Moksha’. 

Grishneshwar Mahadev

A five-tiered Shikhara testifies to the temple’s timelessness. 

Aurangabad, Maharashtra 

Baidyanath

This is the place where Ravana cut and offered his ten heads to Lord Shiva. 

Jharkhand 

Kedarnath

The Pandavas built this temple at first as per  Skanda Purana. 

Uttrakhand

Dwarka Nageshwar Mahadev

A 25-meter tall statue of Lord Shiva in Padmasana is on the temple premises. 

Dwarka, Gujarat 

Vishnu accepted defeat on not being able to find the end whereas Brahma chose to lie. Shiva emerged from the pillar and cursed Brahma that he won't be worshipped till the end of eternity and blessed Vishnu for his piousness. This pillar of radiance is called 'Jyotirling'. It also represents the eternal connection of Vishnu & Mahesh, that every Jyotirlinga is situated near Vishnu temples... We'll see the beauty of Vishnu in my next story...

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