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12 Jyotirlingas

SAURASHTRE SOMANAATHAM CHA SHREESHAILE MALLIKARJUNAM
UJJAYINYAM MAHAKALAM OMKARE AMARESHWARAM
PARALYAAM VAIDYANAATHAM CHA DAAKINYAM BHIMASHANKARAM
SETHU BANDHE TU RAAMESHAM NAAGESHAM DAARUKAVANE
VAARAANASYAANTHU VISHVESHAM TRYAMBAKAM GAUTHAMEETHATE
HIMALAYE TU KEDAARAM GHRUSHNESHAM CHA SHIVALAYE
ETAANI JYOTIRLINGAANI SAAYAM PRAATAH PATHENNARAHA
SAPTHA JANMA KRITAM PAAPAM SMARANENA VINASYATHI ||

1. Somnath in Saurashtra (Kathiawad), Gujarat

2. Mallikarjun in Shrishailam  or Srisailam AP (also listed as a Shakti Pitha site)

3. Mahakal in Ujjain or Mahakalaswar at Ujjain, Madhyapradesh

4. Omkar in Mammaleshwaram  (at Omkareshwar on the river Narmada, MP)

5. Vaijnath in Parli (Vaidyanath at Deogarh, Bihar)

6. Bhima Shankar in Dakini northwest of Poona, in Dhakini, Maharashtra

7. Rameshwaram in Setubandha, TamilNadu

8. Nagesh or Naganath/Nageshwar, in Darukavana, Maharaashtra

9. Vishweshwar or Viswanath in Banaras/Varanasi , UP

10. Triambakeshwar near Nasik on the banks of river Gautami/Godavari , Maharashtra

11. Kedarnath or Kedareshwar in Utterkhand Himalayas, UP

12. Ghurmeshwar in Shivalaya OR Grineshwar in Visalakam, near Ellora caves, Maharashtra

Three temples of Sri Ranganatha Swami in South India are known as

1. Adi Ranga / First Ranganatha at Srirangapatna, Near Mysore, Karnataka
2. Madhya Ranga / Middle Ranganatha at Shivanasamudra, Near Mandya, Karnataka
3. Anthya Ranga / Last Ranganatha at Srirangam, Near Tiruchirapalli, Tamilnadu

It is believed that people who visit the three temples in one day gain moksha/Salvation.

Southern India

Northern India

Eastern India