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DWADASH JYOTIRLINGA

There are so many Pilgrims in India and no one is less than the other, but Char Dham is undoubtedly is considered by most of the Indians and Hindu holy books as supreme. Next comes the Jyotirlingas, Puries, and Shakti Peeths. Before giving the na mes and details of Dwadash Jyotirlingas here is Strotam  describing all the names of dwadash jyotirlingas in Sanskrit.

Saurashtre Somanaatham Cha Sree Saile Mallikarjunam
Ujjayinyaam Mahaakaalam Omkaare Mamaleswaram
Himalaye to Kedaram Daakinyaam Bhimashankaram
Vaaranaasyaam cha Viswesam Trayambakam Gowtameethate
Paralyaam Vaidyanaatham cha Naagesam Daarukaavane
Setubandhe Ramesham Grushnesam cha Shivaalaye ||
 

These jyotirlingas are immemorial and description comes in Puranas. The southernmost is rameshwaram and the northern most is in the Himalayas at kedarnath. Somnath is considered the most sacred and foremost in dwadash Jyotirlingas which is situated in Prabhas Patan in Saurashtra in Gujarat.

There is a strota in Sanskrit for the Dwadash jyotilingas  as under:-

Dwadash  jyotirlinga strotam                                                                                   Sourashtra dese visadetiramye Jyotirmayam ChandraKalavatamsam .
Bhakti Pradanaya Kripaveteernam tam Somanatham Sharanam prapadye ..1..

Shreeshaila Shringe vibudhaatisange tulaadritungaapi muda vasantam .
Tamararjunam mallikapurvamekam namami sansara samudrasetum ..2..

Avantikayam vihitaavataram muktipradanaya cha sajjananam .
Akala mrityoh paripakshanartha vande mahakalamahesuresham ..3..

Kaaverika narmadayoh pavitre samagame sajjanataranaya .
Sadaiv mandhatripuray vasantam Omkarameesam Shivamekameeday ..4..

Poorvottare prajwalikanidhane sada vasantam Girijasametam .
Sursuraradhitapadamangam Shree Vaidyanatham tamaham namami ..5..

Yaamye sadange nagaratiramye vibhushitangam vividhaischa bhogaih .
Sadbhati muktiprada meesha mekam shree Naganatham sharanam prapad..6..

Mahadriparshwe cha tate ramantam sampoojyamanm satatam muneendreh .
Surasurairyaksha mahoragadhyaih Kedarameesham Shivamekameede ..7..

Sahyadrisheershe vimale vasantam Godavari teera pavitradeshe .
Yadarshanatpatakamaashu nasham praayati tam Tyambakameeshameede ..8..

Sutamraparnijalrashi yoge nibadhya setum vishikhairasankhyaih .
Shree Ramachandrena samarpitam tam Rameshwarakhyam niyatam namami..9..

Yam Dakinee shakineeka samaje nishevyamanam pishitasanaishcha .
Sadaiva Bheemadipadaprasiddham tam Shankaram bhakta hitam namami 10..

Saananda maanandavane vasantamanandakandam hatapapavrindam .
Vaaranaseenathamanatha natham shree Vishwanatham Sharanam prapadye..11..

Elapure ramya vishalakeshmin samullasantamcha jagadvarenyam .
Vande mahodaratara swabhavam Ghrishneshwarakhyam saranam prapadye ..12..

Jyotirmaya DwaadasaLingakaanam Shivatmanamproktamidam kramena .
Stotram pathitwa manujotibhaktya phalam tadalokya nijam bhajechcha ..13..

Places of 12 Jyotirlingam

1.     Somnath is in Prabhas Patan in Saurashtra In Gujarat State

2.     Mallikarjunam is also called srishaila which the name of a pillar located on the mountain on the river Krishna, situated near Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh.

3.     Mahakal is situated in Ujjain in M.P. and is believed to be swayambhu which means not crated or carved by human being and came in to existence on its own.

4.     Omkareshwar is situated on an island in the river Narmada in M.P.

5.     Kedarnath is the northernmost Jyotirlinga situated in uttarakhand. It is in the snowy hills of Himalayas and is approachable on foot and that too for six months only. Rest of the year the way is covered with snow.

6.     Bhimashankar is associated with the destruction of tripurasura and is situated in the sahyadri range in maharastra.

7.     Vishwanath is in Varansi in U.P.

8.     Trimbkeshwar associated with the origon of River Godawari is near Nasik In Maharashtra.

9.     Baidyanath (vaidyanath) also called Vaijnath is in deogarh in Jharkhand.

10.                        Nageshwar is in Dwarika In Gujarat.

11.                        Rameshwaram is in Kanyakumari in Tamilnadu.

12.Grishnesswar is in Aurangabad in Maharashtra near the rock temples of ellora.

There is some disputes regarding the jyotirlingas:

Baidyanath: Some people consider Baidyanath is in Parli in Maharashtra and some other consider it in Kangra valley of Himachal. But majority of peoples believe it is either of Himachal or Jharkhand.

Naganath: some people believe it is in Almora Hills of Uttranchal, and some others believe it is in Oundha Maharashtra, but there is not much coincidence.

Bhimashankar: some people consider it is in gauhati in Assam and some believe it is in Kasipur Uttranchal.