12 jyotirlingas in India - Dr Veenus Jain

There are 12 Jyotirlinga in India. It is believed that Lord Shiva first manifested himself on Earth on the night of the Aridra Nakshatra. • A jyotirlinga or Jyotirlingam is a representation of Shiva. It is a Sanskrit word in which Jyoti means " Radiance" and linga is phallus.

Somnath Temple in Gujarat,

Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga-Andhra Pradesh,

Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga- Madhya Pradesh,

Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga- Madhya Pradesh,

Vaidyanath Jyotirlinga- Jharkhand,

Bhimashankar Jyotirlinga- Maharashtra,

Rameshwar Jyotirlinga- Tamil Nadu,

Nageshwar Jyotirlinga- Gujarat,

Kashi Vishwanath-Varanasi,

Trimbakeshwar Jyotirlinga-Nasik,

Kedarnath Jyotirlinga-Uttarakhand,

Ghrishneshwar Jyotirlinga-Aurangabad,