12 Jyotirlingas
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The twelve shrines where Shiva is worshipped as a jyotirlinga, a linga of light, named in the Dvadasha Jyotirlinga Stotram. They stretch from Kedarnath in the Himalaya to Rameswaram in the far south.
Hindu
Some traditions place Vaidyanath at Parli Vaijnath (Maharashtra), and Nageshwar at Aundha Nagnath (Maharashtra) or Jageshwar (Uttarakhand).
| # | Place | Location | State/UT or country | Deity or details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prabhas Patan, Gir Somnath district | Gujarat | Shiva | |
| 2 | Srisailam, Nandyal district | Andhra Pradesh | neck · Bhramarambika | |
| 3 | Ujjain | Madhya Pradesh | upper lip · Mahakali | |
| 4 | Mandhata island in the Narmada, Khandwa district | Madhya Pradesh | Shiva | |
| 5 | Rudraprayag district (about 3,580 m) | Uttarakhand | Shiva | |
| 6 | Sahyadri hills, Pune district | Maharashtra | Shiva | |
| 7 | Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh | Shiva as Vishwanath | |
| 8 | Trimbak, Nashik district | Maharashtra | Shiva | |
| 9 | Deoghar | Jharkhand | heart · Jayadurga | |
| 10 | near Dwarka, Devbhumi Dwarka district | Gujarat | Shiva | |
| 11 | Rameswaram island, Ramanathapuram district | Tamil Nadu | Shiva as Ramanathaswamy | |
| 12 | Verul (Ellora), Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district | Maharashtra | Shiva |