What is the meaning of Jyothirling?

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.

The 12 are the following:

1) Rameshwaram - Ramanathaswamy temple - in the southern part of Tamilnadu

2) Sri Sailam - Mallikarjuna temple - in AndraPradesh

3) Bhimashankar - in the outskirts of Pune, Maharastra

4) Triambakeshwar - in the outskirts of Nasik, Maharstra

5) Grishneshawar - near Aurangabad, Maharstra

6) Somnath - Sourashtra, Gujarat

7) Nageshwar - Dwarka, Gujarat

8) Ujjain - Mahakaleshwar, Madhya Pradesh

9) Omkareshwar - in theoutskirts of Indore, madhya Pradesh

10) Vaidyanath - Deogarh, Bihar

11) Varanasi - Vidyanath, UP

12) Kedarnath - Uttaranchal

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