List of Shiva temples in India

Shiva is a Hindu deity worshipped by Shaivaites in India as the destroyer of ignorance spread all across the universe. As one of the three main gods in the Hindu pantheon, there are many temples dedicated to his worship in India (and abroad). The most prominent of these are the Jyotirlinga temples.

Jyotirlinga temples

Somnath
Mallikarjunaswamy
Mahakaleshwar
Omkareshwar
Vaidyanath
Bhimashankar
Rameshwaram
Nageshwar
Vishwanath
Triambkeshwar
Kedarnath
Grineshwar
Location of 12 Jyotirlinga temples.

The 12 Jyotirlinga temples as mentioned in the Shiva Purana are as listed below.[1]

# Jyotirlinga Location
1 Somnath Prabhas Patan, near Veraval, Gujarat
2 Mallikarjuna Swamy Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh
3 Mahakaleshwar Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
4 Omkareshwar near Indore, Madhya Pradesh
5 Kedarnath Kedarnath, Uttarakhand
6 Bhimashankar Pune, Maharashtra
7 Kashi Vishwanath Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
8 Trimbakeshwar Trimbak, near Nasik, Maharashtra
9 Vaidyanath deogarh, jharkhand
10 Nageshwar Jamnagar, Gujarat
11 Ramanathaswamy Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu
12 Grishneshwar Ellora, Maharashtra

Pancha Bootha Sthalas (Five Elemental Manifestations)

In South India, five temples of Shiva are held to be particularly important, as being manifestations of him in the five elemental substances.

Deity Manifestation Location
Jambukeshwar Water Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu
Arunachaleswar Fire Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu
Kalahastheeswar Air Srikalahasti, Andhra Pradesh
Ekambareswar Earth Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
Nataraja Sky Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu
Srimukhalingam Fire Srmukhalingam, Andhra Predesh

Panchaaraama temples

Main article: Pancharama Kshetras

The Pancharama Kshetras (or the Pancharamas) are five ancient Hindu temples of Lord Shiva situated in Andhra Pradesh. The Sivalingas at these temples are made from a single Sivalinga. As per the legend, this Sivalinga was owned by the demon king Tarakasura. No one could win over him due to the power of this Sivalinga. Finally, Lord Kumaraswamy, the son of Lord Shiva broke the Sivalinga into five pieces and killed Tarakasura. The five pieces of Sivalinga fell at five different places on earth namely,

Bhimesvara Swamy Temple in Draksharama, one of the Pancharama Kshetras
Arama Name Siva's Name Consort Name Location
Amararama Amaralingeswara Swamy Bala Chamundika Ammavaru Amaravathi
Draksharama Bhimesvara Swamy Manikyamba Ammavaru Draksharama
Somarama Someswara Swamy Sri Rajarajeswari Ammavaru Bhimavaram
Ksheerarama Ksheera Ramalingeswara Swamy Parvati Ammavaru Palakol
Bhimarama Kumara Bhimeswara Swamy Bala Tripurasundari Ammavaru Samalkota

Sabha temples

The five temples located in Tamil Nadu where Shiva is believed to perform Bharata Natyam dance are:

Sabha Temple Location
Pon (Gold) Sabha Natarajar Temple Chidambaram
Velli (Silver) Sabha Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple Madurai
Thamira (Copper) Sabha Nellaiappar Temple Tirunelveli
Rathna (Gem) Sabha Sri Vadaranyeswarar Temple Thiruvalangadu
Chitira (Picture) Sabha Kutraleeswar Temple Kutralam

Other notable temples

Andhra Pradesh
Assam
Goa
Gujarat
Jammu and Kashmir
Karnataka
Kerala


Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Odisha
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Main article: Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Uttarakhand
Uttar Pradesh
West Bengal
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References

  1. ↑ B. K. Chaturvedi (2004). Shiv Purana. Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.,. pp. 58–72. ISBN 8171827217. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
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