The 12 Jyotirlinga
The twelve Jyotirlinga are the most revered shrines of Shiva, spread across India from Somnath in Gujarat to Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. LOQAH has a stamp for every one of them. Collect all twelve.
12 of 12 in LOQAH · Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
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Somnath Temple
Destroyed and rebuilt at least six times over a thousand years, and standing now on the coast with nothing between it and Antarctica.
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Nageshvara Jyotirlinga
One of the twelve jyotirlingas, under a colossal seated Shiva visible from the road to Dwarka.
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Mallikarjuna Temple, Srisailam
A jyotirlinga and a shakti peetha on the same hill above the Krishna.
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Mahakaleshwar
One of the twelve jyotirlingas, and the only one facing south, where the dawn rite uses ash from the cremation ground.
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Omkareshwar
An island in the Narmada shaped like the syllable Om, holding another of the twelve jyotirlingas.
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Kedarnath Temple
Stone at thirty five hundred metres, sixteen kilometres on foot from the road, open only half the year.
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Bhimashankar
One of the twelve jyotirlingas, in forest that is also the last stronghold of the Indian giant squirrel.
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Kashi Vishwanath
The Jyotirlinga, and the corridor that changed the city.
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Trimbakeshwar
A Jyotirlinga, and the Godavari's source.
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Baidyanath Temple
One of the twelve jyotirlingas, reached in the month of Shravan by pilgrims walking a hundred kilometres with river water.
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Ramanathaswamy Temple
The longest corridor of any shrine in India at over a thousand metres, on an island joined to the mainland by a rail bridge.
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Grishneshwar Temple
The last of the twelve Jyotirlingas, beside Ellora.
Questions
Which places are in the 12 Jyotirlinga?
Somnath Temple, Nageshvara Jyotirlinga, Mallikarjuna Temple, Srisailam, Mahakaleshwar, Omkareshwar, Kedarnath Temple, Bhimashankar, Kashi Vishwanath, Trimbakeshwar, Baidyanath Temple, Ramanathaswamy Temple, Grishneshwar Temple.
Can I collect a stamp at each of the 12 Jyotirlinga?
Yes, at 12 of the 12. Open LOQAH when you are at the place and the stamp goes into that state's volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have already been to some of them. Can I add those?
Yes. Add them from Earlier trips, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline.
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