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GUIDE 1 OF 12 · JYOTIRLINGA

Somnath Jyotirlinga

The first of the twelve Jyotirlingas, on Gujarat's Arabian Sea coast at Prabhas Patan - destroyed and rebuilt more times than perhaps any shrine in India, with the current structure completed in 1951.

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GUIDE 1 OF 12 · JYOTIRLINGA

Vaidyanath Jyotirlinga

Baba Baidyanath Temple in Deoghar, Jharkhand, is one of India’s twelve sacred Jyotirlingas. Also known as Vaidyanath Jyoti...

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GUIDE 2 OF 12 · JYOTIRLINGA

Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga

Srisailam's hilltop shrine on the Krishna river, deep in the Nallamala forest, is unusual among the twelve Jyotirlingas - ...

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GUIDE 3 OF 12 · JYOTIRLINGA

Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga

Ujjain's Mahakaleshwar is the only Jyotirlinga worshipped as a Dakshinamurti, facing south - and the only temple in the wo...

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GUIDE 4 OF 12 · JYOTIRLINGA

Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga

On Mandhata Island in the Narmada river, an island said to naturally take the shape of the sacred 'Om' symbol - and the on...

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GUIDE 5 OF 12 · JYOTIRLINGA

Kedarnath Jyotirlinga

At 3,583 metres in the Garhwal Himalayas, Kedarnath is the only Jyotirlinga that closes for winter entirely - open roughly...

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GUIDE 6 OF 12 · JYOTIRLINGA

Bhimashankar Jyotirlinga

Deep in the Sahyadri hills near Pune, Bhimashankar sits inside a wildlife sanctuary that shelters the rare Indian Giant Sq...

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GUIDE 7 OF 12 · JYOTIRLINGA

Kashi Vishwanath Jyotirlinga

In the heart of Varanasi, one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities, Kashi Vishwanath is where Hindu traditi...

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GUIDE 8 OF 12 · JYOTIRLINGA

Trimbakeshwar Jyotirlinga

Near Nashik, Trimbakeshwar's Jyotirlinga is unlike any other of the twelve - a linga with three small faces representing B...

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GUIDE 10 OF 12 · JYOTIRLINGA

Nageshwar Jyotirlinga

Near Dwarka on Gujarat's Saurashtra coast, Nageshwar is believed to protect devotees from snakebite and poison of all kind...

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GUIDE 11 OF 12 · JYOTIRLINGA

Rameshwaram Jyotirlinga

At the southern tip of India, Ramanathaswamy Temple holds two sacred lingams - one built from sand by Sita, the other brou...

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GUIDE 12 OF 12 · JYOTIRLINGA

Grishneshwar Jyotirlinga

Traditionally the last of the twelve Jyotirlingas, at Verul near the Ellora Caves - one of the few temples where devotees ...

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