JYOTRILINGA
A Jyotirlinga or Jyotirling or Jyotirlingam is a shrine where Lord Shiva, an aspect of God in Hinduism is worshipped in the form of a Jyotirlingam or "Lingam of light." There are twelve traditional Jyotirlinga shrines in India.
It is believed that Lord Shiva first manifested himself as a Jyotirlinga on the night of the Aridra Nakshatra, thus the special reverence for the Jyotirlinga. There is nothing to distinguish the appearance, but it is believed that a person can see these lingas as columns of fire piercing through the earth after he reaches a higher level of spiritual attainment.
The names and the locations of the 12 Jyotirlingas are mentioned in the Shiva Purana (Śatarudra Saṁhitā,Ch.42/2-4). These shrines are:
| 1 | Somnath |  | Gujarat | Prabhas Patan, Saurashtra | |
| 2 | Mallikārjuna |  | Andhra Pradesh | Srisailam | |
| 3 | Mahakaleshwar |  | Madhya Pradesh | Mahakal, Ujjain | |
| 4 | Omkareshwar |  | Madhya Pradesh | Island in the Narmada River, Omkareshwar | |
| 5 | Kedarnath |  | Uttarakhand | Kedarnath | |
| 6 | Bhimashankar |  | Maharashtra | Bhimashankar | |
| 7 | Kashi Vishwanath |  | Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi | |
| 8 | Trimbakeshwar |  | Maharashtra | Trimbakeshwar, Near Nashik | |
| 9 | Vaijyanath |  | Jharkhand | Vaidyanath | |
| 10 | Nageshvara |  | Gujarat | Jageshwar | |
| 11 | Rameshwar |  | Tamil Nadu | Rameswaram | |
| 12 | Grishneshwar |  | Maharashtra | Near Ellora, Aurangabad district |
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