Shiva

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Shiva · शिव

• Dwadash Jyotirlinga
• Panch Kedar
• Pancharama Kshetras

Dwadash Jyotirlinga · द्वादश ज्योतिर्लिंग — Twelve Jyotirlingas · fifteen claimant temples

The twelve Jyotirlingas

1. 1. Somnath — Prabhas Patan, Gujarat
2. 2. Mallikarjuna — Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh
3. 3. Mahakaleshwar — Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
4. 4. Omkareshwar — Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh
5. 5. Kedarnath — Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand
6. 6. Bhimashankar — Pune, Maharashtra
7. 7. Kashi Vishwanath — Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
8. 8. Trimbakeshwar — Nashik, Maharashtra
9. 9. Vaidyanath — Baidyanath Dham — Deoghar, Jharkhand
10. 9. Vaidyanath — Parli Vaijnath — Beed, Maharashtra
11. 10. Nageshwar — Dwarka — Devbhumi Dwarka, Gujarat
12. 10. Nageshwar — Aundha Nagnath — Hingoli, Maharashtra
13. 10. Nageshwar — Jageshwar — Almora, Uttarakhand
14. 11. Rameshwaram — Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu
15. 12. Grishneshwar — Verul, Maharashtra
16. 12. Ghushmeshwar — Shivad, Rajasthan

Where the tradition disagrees

Vaidyanath वैद्यनाथ

Baidyanath Dham in Deoghar, Jharkhand, and Parli Vaijnath in Beed, Maharashtra, both identify as the ninth Jyotirlinga. The Shiva Purana names Vaidyanath in Chitabhumi; both sites read that name onto their own geography, and both have unbroken worship traditions.

Nageshwar नागेश्वर

Three temples carry the claim: Nageshwar near Dwarka in Gujarat, Aundha Nagnath in Hingoli, Maharashtra, and Jageshwar in Almora, Uttarakhand. The Dwarka identification is the most widely followed; the Almora one rests on reading "Daruk-vana" as the deodar forests of Kumaon.

Grishneshwar घृष्णेश्वर

Grishneshwar at Verul near the Ellora caves is the accepted twelfth for most pilgrims. Ghushmeshwar at Shivad in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan, holds the same name in a variant form and the same claim.