Jyotirlinga Guide

The 12 jyotirlingas, list with states and order

The traditional order runs Somnath to Grishneshwar. This page is the one-screen version: where each temple is, which state and region it falls in, when it is open, and the railhead you actually get off at. The region column uses the groups this site plans trips with, not a government division.

Temples
12
States
8
Regions used here
5
Closed in winter
1
Open all year
11
  1. 1Somnathसोमनाथ · Somnath (Veraval), GujaratVeraval about 6 kmDiu about 85 kmOct to MarOpen all year
  2. 2Mallikarjunaमल्लिकार्जुन · Srisailam, Andhra PradeshMarkapur Road about 91 kmHyderabad about 230 kmOct to FebOpen all year
  3. 3Mahakaleshwarमहाकालेश्वर · Ujjain, Madhya PradeshUjjain Jn about 3 kmIndore about 58 kmOct to MarOpen all year
  4. 4Omkareshwarओंकारेश्वर · Khandwa (Mandhata island), Madhya PradeshKhandwa Jn about 70 kmIndore about 84 kmOct to MarOpen all year
  5. 5Kedarnathकेदारनाथ · Rudraprayag, UttarakhandRishikesh about 228 kmJolly Grant, Dehradun about 248 kmMay to NovClosed in winter, dates set each year
  6. 6Bhimashankarभीमाशंकर · Pune district, MaharashtraPune Jn Pune about 125 kmOct to FebOpen all year
  7. 7Kashi Vishwanathकाशी विश्वनाथ · Varanasi, Uttar PradeshVaranasi Jn about 5.5 kmVaranasi about 25 kmOct to MarOpen all year
  8. 8Trimbakeshwarत्र्यंबकेश्वर · Nashik, MaharashtraNashik Road about 38 kmNashik (Ozar) about 50 kmOct to MarOpen all year
  9. 9Baidyanathवैद्यनाथ · Deoghar, JharkhandBaidyanath Dham about 1 kmDeoghar (DGH) about 9 kmJul to Aug (Shravan)Open all year
  10. 10Nageshwarनागेश्वर · Dwarka, GujaratDwarka about 16 kmJamnagar or Porbandar Nov to FebOpen all year
  11. 11Rameshwaramरामेश्वरम · Rameswaram, Tamil NaduRameswaram about 1.3 kmMadurai about 175 kmOct to MarOpen all year
  12. 12Grishneshwarघृष्णेश्वर · Sambhajinagar (Verul), MaharashtraAurangabad about 29 kmAurangabad (IXU) about 40 kmOct to MarOpen all year

Where a railhead name carries a code in brackets, a temple trust or a state source stated that code. Names without a bracket are the ones this site has not yet matched to an official Indian Railways code, and no code is printed for them rather than a guess.

All 12 on the map

Each pin opens that temple's guide. The interactive map zooms in on any of them.

Map of India with the twelve jyotirlinga temples, numbered as in the stotram list1Somnath2Mallikarjuna3Mahakaleshwar4Omkareshwar5Kedarnath6Bhimashankar7Kashi Vishwanath8Trimbakeshwar9Baidyanath10Nageshwar11Rameshwaram12Grishneshwar
  1. 1Somnath
  2. 2Mallikarjuna
  3. 3Mahakaleshwar
  4. 4Omkareshwar
  5. 5Kedarnath
  6. 6Bhimashankar
  7. 7Kashi Vishwanath
  8. 8Trimbakeshwar
  9. 9Baidyanath
  10. 10Nageshwar
  11. 11Rameshwaram
  12. 12Grishneshwar
Numbers are each temple's place in the Dwadasha Jyotirlinga Stotram list, not a visiting order. Pins sit on the temple town. Outline: Natural Earth, public domain.

The same twelve, grouped for planning

A trip that hops between regions spends its days in transit. Each group sits in one part of the country, so a trip built inside one group spends less of its time travelling.

NorthThe Himalaya and the Ganga plainKedarnath · Kashi VishwanathWestThe Gujarat coast and the Maharashtra hillsSomnath · Nageshwar · Trimbakeshwar · Bhimashankar · GrishneshwarCentralMalwa and the Narmada valleyMahakaleshwar · OmkareshwarEastJharkhand, the Shravan routeBaidyanathSouthThe Srisailam forest and the islandMallikarjuna · Rameshwaram

How to use this table

The No. column is each temple's place in the Dwadasha Jyotirlinga Stotram list. It is a hymn order, not a visiting order, and a trip can start from any of the twelve.

The season column shows the comfortable window. Eleven temples stay open all year, and the hill ones get crowded and wet in the monsoon, so October to March is the window this site plans around.

The twelve, as a set

One emblem per temple, each drawn from what makes that temple itself: the sea, the island, the peaks, the forest. They are here so the twelve can be told apart at a glance.

SomnathGujaratMallikarjunaAndhra PradeshMahakaleshwarMadhya PradeshOmkareshwarMadhya PradeshKedarnathUttarakhandBhimashankarMaharashtraKashi VishwanathUttar PradeshTrimbakeshwarMaharashtraBaidyanathJharkhandNageshwarGujaratRameshwaramTamil NaduGrishneshwarMaharashtra

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