About this circuit
The twelve Jyotirliṅgas are the most revered circuit of Śaiva pilgrimage: sites where, per the Koṭirudra Saṃhitā of the Śiva Purāṇa, Śiva manifested as a column of light. The enumeration and kṣetra names here follow the Koṭirudra Saṃhitā's listing; the popular Dvādaśa Jyotirliṅga Stotram carries the same twelve with variations in order and in readings — notably 'Paralyāṃ Vaidyanāthaṃ', the reading behind the Parli tradition. For two of the twelve (Vaidyanātha and Nāgeśvara), different living traditions identify different temples with the kṣetra; MandirPal presents each claim side by side and does not adjudicate.
2 sources
- Purāṇa Śiva Purāṇa, Koṭirudra Saṃhitā
- Śāstra Dvādaśa Jyotirliṅga Stotram (traditionally attributed to Ādi Śaṅkara)
The circuit
- 1 · Saurāṣṭra
Somnath Temple
Somanātha MandiraPrabhas Patan (Veraval), Gujarat - 2 · Śrīśailam
Sri Bhramaramba Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple, Srisailam
Śrī Bhramarāmbā Mallikārjuna Svāmī Mandira, ŚrīśailamSrisailam, Andhra Pradesh - 3 · Ujjayinī
Shri Mahakaleshwar Temple
Mahākāleśvara MandiraUjjain (Avantika), Madhya Pradesh - 4 · Oṃkāra / Māndhātā
Shri Omkareshwar Temple
Oṃkāreśvara MandiraOmkareshwar (Mandhata island), Madhya Pradesh - 5 · Himālaya (Kedāra)
Shri Kedarnath Temple
Kedāranātha MandiraKedarnath, Uttarakhand - 6 · Ḍākinī
Shri Bhimashankar Temple
Bhīmaśaṅkara MandiraBhimashankar (Sahyadri hills), Maharashtra - 7 · Vārāṇasī
Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple
Kāśī Viśvanātha MandiraVaranasi (Kashi), Uttar Pradesh - 8 · Gautamī-taṭa (Nāsik)
Shri Trimbakeshwar Temple
Tryambakeśvara MandiraTrimbak, Maharashtra - 9 · Citābhūmi
Baba Baidyanath Dham, Deoghar
Vaidyanātha Dhāma, Deogharclaims presented side by side - 10 · Dārukāvana
Shri Nageshwar Jyotirlinga Temple
Nāgeśvara Jyotirliṅga Mandiraclaims presented side by side - 11 · Setubandha
Arulmigu Ramanathaswamy Temple, Rameswaram
Rāmanāthasvāmī Kōvil, RāmeśvaramRameswaram (Pamban Island), Tamil Nadu - 12 · Śivālaya (Verul / Ellora)
Shri Grishneshwar Temple
Ghṛṣṇeśvara MandiraVerul (near Ellora), Maharashtra
Contested identifications claims side by side
Vaidyanath
The Koṭirudra listing (this collection's ordering) reads Citābhūmi — the Deoghar tradition; the appended smaraṇa śloka reads 'Paralyāṃ' — the Parli tradition. The member link follows the Koṭirudra reading; see both the Deoghar and Parli Vaijnath entries. MandirPal adjudicates neither.
Nageshwar
Three living traditions identify Dārukāvana: near Dwarka (Gujarat), Aundha Nagnath (Maharashtra), Jageshwar (Uttarakhand). All three claim the same kṣetra, so the single member link here is a practical linking choice pending a multi-claimant member structure, not an adjudication — see all three entries, which cross-link one another.