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DWADASA JYOTIRLINGAS 

Introduction

Kedarnath - Kedar Sambhu Jyotirlinga

Over and above these holy Ashtamurtikshetras, there are twelve Saivakshetras equally famous and immensely popular, and they are called Dwadasa Jyotirlinga kshetras.

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Kedarnath temple, enshrining one of the twelve Jyotirlingas of our Punya Bharat Varsha is situated on the Himalayan slope in the Gharwal district of Uttar Pradesh.

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Kasi Viswarnatha Jyotirlinga

Dwaraka - Nageswara Jyotirlinga

Kasi is the first place that flashes across your mind, whenever you think of a pilgrimage;

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In the aeons gone by, in the primeval forest of Daruka near Dwaraka in Sourastra, an integral part of present Gujarat state

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Ujjain - Mahakala 
Jyotirlinga 

Omkareswar- Omkareswar Jyotirlinga 

Lord Maheswar, the Karunaikasindhu in His fiercest aspect of destroyer is adored as Mahakala - the samharakartha at Avantika.

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It is an island temple, built on the bank of river Narmada, which branches out here into two and forms a island in the centre.

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Somanath-Somanath Jyotirlinga 

Nasik - Nasik Triyambakeswar Jyotirlinga 

Perhaps, no other temple in the history of our Akhand Bharat, or rather in the history of mankind, has been the target of attack....

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The origin of the Triyambakeshwar temple, and emergence of the Brahmagiri hill and the township of Triyambak near Nasik have a fantastic background and awe-some legend.

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Aurangabad - Ghushmeswar Jyotirlinga

Sahyadri- Bhimasankar Jyotirlinga 

The Ghushmeswara Jyotirlinga is claimed to exist in two places -- one at Devagiri near the famous Ellora caves, and the other at Ellora Kailasa temple itself.....

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The temple of Bhimashankar is built atop the Sahyadri hill near a village of the same name.

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Parli - The Vaidyanath Jyotirlinga 

Srisailam- Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga  

God, the supreme wants His children to adhere to certain principles of discipline....

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The very reminiscence of Srisailam strikes the ears with a melody of hymnal music.....

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Rameswaram- Rameswara Jyotirlinga

The island temple of Lord Siva called Ramanathaswamy Aalayam embodies a kind of charm irresistible.....

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