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Jyotirlinga

Index Jyotirlinga

A Jyotirlinga or Jyotirlingam, is a devotional representation of the Supreme God Shiva. [1]

84 relations: Adi Shankara, Andhra Pradesh, Annamalaiyar Temple, Arunachala, Aundha Nagnath Temple, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, Baidyanath Temple, Bhimashankar Jyotirlinga (Dakinyam), Bhimpur, Bhimashankar Temple, Brahma, Chota Char Dham, Deoghar, Dwarka, Ellora Caves, Ganges, Garbhagriha, Ghushmeshwar, Rajasthan, Godavari River, Grishneshwar, Gujarat, Gunupur, Guwahati, Himalayas, Hindu, India, Jageshwar Temples, Uttarkhand, Jamnagar, Jharkhand, Karma, Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Kashipur, Uttarakhand, Kedarnath, Kedarnath Temple, Kurnool district, Linga Purana, Lingam, Lingodbhava, Madhya Pradesh, Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga, Maharashtra, Mahendragiri (Odisha), Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga, Moteshwar Mahadev, Motilal Banarsidass, Mount Kailash, Nageshvara Jyotirlinga, Narmada River, Nashik, North India, Odisha, ..., Omkareshwar, Paadal Petra Sthalam, Pandyan dynasty, Parli, Maharashtra, Prabhas Patan, Pune, Ramanathaswamy Temple, Rameswaram, Ravana, Rayagada district, Rayalaseema, Santhal Pargana division, Sapta Puri, Saurashtra (region), Shiva, Shiva Purana, Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu, Shivananda Lahari, Somnath temple, Srisailam Project (RFC) Township, Stambha, States and union territories of India, Swayambhu, Tamil Nadu, Tevaram, Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple, Ujjain, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Vaidya, Varanasi, Veraval, Vishnu, Western Ghats. Expand index (34 more) »

Adi Shankara

Adi Shankara (pronounced) or Shankara, was an early 8th century Indian philosopher and theologian who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta.

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Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh is one of the 29 states of India.

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Annamalaiyar Temple

Annamalaiyar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Shiva, located at the base of Annamalai hills in the town of Thiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu, India.

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Arunachala

Arunachala (IAST:, "red mountain") refers to the holy hill at Tiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu.

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Aundha Nagnath Temple

Aundha Nagnath Temple (Marathi औंढा नागनाथेश्वर देउळ) is an ancient Shiva temple, 8th Jyotirlinga, located at Aundha Nagnath in Hingoli district of Maharashtra, India.

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Aurangabad, Maharashtra

Aurangabad (is a city in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra state in India. The city is a tourism hub, surrounded by many historical monuments, including the Ajanta Caves and Ellora Caves, which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, as well as Bibi Ka Maqbara and Panchakki. The administrative headquarters of the Aurangabad Division or Marathwada region, Aurangabad is titled "The City of Gates" and the strong presence of these can be felt as one drives through the city. The city was founded in 1610 by Malik Amber. Aurangabad is the Tourism Capital of Maharashtra. Aurangabad is the fifth largest city in Maharashtra.

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Baidyanath Temple

Baidyanath Jyotirlinga temple, also known as Baba Baidyanath dham and Baidyanath dham is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas, the most sacred abodes of Shiva.

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Bhimashankar Jyotirlinga (Dakinyam), Bhimpur

Bhimashankar Jyotirlinga (Dakinyam), Bhimpur, is a Hindu temple situated in the western part of the holy Mahendragiri mountains on the Mahendratanaya river in the Indian state of Orissa.

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Bhimashankar Temple

Bhīmāshankar Temple is a Jyotirlinga shrine located 50 km northwest of Khed (alias Rajguru Nagar), near Pune, in India.

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Brahma

Brahma (Sanskrit: ब्रह्मा, IAST: Brahmā) is a creator god in Hinduism.

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Chota Char Dham

The Chota Char Dham (Devanagari: छोटा चार धाम) (literally translated as 'the small four abodes/seats', meaning 'the small circuit of four abodes/seats'), is an important Hindu pilgrimage circuit on the under upgradation Chardham Road Highway and under construction Chota Char Dham Railway in the Indian Himalayas.

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Deoghar

Deoghar is the head quarters of the Deoghar District in the Santhal Parganas division of the state of Jharkhand, India.

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Dwarka

Dwarka is an ancient city and a municipality of Devbhoomi Dwarka district in the state of Gujarat in northwestern India.

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Ellora Caves

Ellora (\e-ˈlȯr-ə\, IAST), located in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, India, is one of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, featuring Buddhist, Hindu and Jain monuments, and artwork, dating from the 600-1000 CE period.

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Ganges

The Ganges, also known as Ganga, is a trans-boundary river of Asia which flows through the nations of India and Bangladesh.

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Garbhagriha

Garbhagriha or Garbha gruha (garbha gṛha) (Sanskrit: गर्भगृह) is the sanctum sanctorum, the innermost sanctum of a Hindu temple where resides the murti (idol or icon) of the primary deity of the temple.

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Ghushmeshwar, Rajasthan

Ghushmeshwar Jyotirlinga is one of the twelve Jyotirlinga shrines mentioned in the Shiva Purana Kotirudra Sahinta, and is believed to be the twelfth and final such shrine on earth.

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Godavari River

The Godavari is India's second longest river after the Ganga.

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Grishneshwar

Grishneshwar temple, sometimes referred to as the Ghrneshwar Jyotirlinga or Dhushmeshwar temple, is one of the 12 Jyotirlinga shrines mentioned in the Shiva Purana.

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Gujarat

Gujarat is a state in Western India and Northwest India with an area of, a coastline of – most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula – and a population in excess of 60 million.

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Gunupur

Gunupur is a Municipality and the sub-divisional headquarters of Rayagada district in the Indian state of Odisha.

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Guwahati

Guwahati (Pragjyotishpura in ancient Assam, Gauhati in the modern era) is the largest city in the Indian state of Assam and also the largest urban area in Northeast India.

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Himalayas

The Himalayas, or Himalaya, form a mountain range in Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau.

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Hindu

Hindu refers to any person who regards themselves as culturally, ethnically, or religiously adhering to aspects of Hinduism.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Jageshwar Temples, Uttarkhand

Jageshwar Temples, also referred to as Jageswar Temples or Jageshwar valley temples, are a group of over 100 Hindu temples dated between 7th and 12th century near Almora, in the Himalayan Indian state of Uttarakhand.

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Jamnagar

Jamnagar is a city located on the western coast of India in the state of Gujarat in Saurashtra region.

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Jharkhand

Jharkhand (lit. "Bushland" or The land of forest) is a state in eastern India, carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000.

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Karma

Karma (karma,; italic) means action, work or deed; it also refers to the spiritual principle of cause and effect where intent and actions of an individual (cause) influence the future of that individual (effect).

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Kashi Vishwanath Temple

Kashi Vishvanath Temple is one of the most famous Hindu temples dedicated to Lord Shiva.

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Kashipur, Uttarakhand

Kashipur is a city of Udham Singh Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, and one of its seven subdivisions.

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Kedarnath

Kedarnath is a town in the Indian state of Uttarakhand and has gained importance because of Kedarnath Temple.

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Kedarnath Temple

Kēdārnāth Mandir (Kedarnath Temple) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva.

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Kurnool district

Kurnool District is one of the 13 districts in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.The district is located in the west-central part of the state and is bounded by Mahabubnagar district of Telangana in the north, Raichur district of Karnataka in the northwest, Bellary district of Karnataka in the west, Ananthapur district in the south, YSR Kadapa district in the South East and Prakasham district in the east.

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Linga Purana

The Linga Purana (लिंग पुराण, IAST: Liṅga Purāṇa) is one of the eighteen Mahapuranas, and a Shaivism text of Hinduism.

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Lingam

Lingam (Sanskrit: लिंगम्,, lit. "sign, symbol or mark"; also linga, Shiva linga), is an abstract or aniconic representation of the Hindu deity Shiva, used for worship in temples, smaller shrines, or as self-manifested natural objects.

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Lingodbhava

Lingodbhava ("emergence of the Linga") is an iconic representation of Hindu god Shiva, commonly seen in the South Indian Hindu temples.

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Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh (MP;; meaning Central Province) is a state in central India.

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Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga

Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva and one of the twelve Jyotirlingams, shrines which are said to be the most sacred abodes of Lord Shiva.

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Maharashtra

Maharashtra (abbr. MH) is a state in the western region of India and is India's second-most populous state and third-largest state by area.

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Mahendragiri (Odisha)

Mahendragiri, is a mountain peak at in the Paralakhemundi (or Parlakimidi) subdivision of the district of Gajapati, Odisha, India.

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Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga

Sri Bhramaramba Mallikarjuna Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deities Shiva and Parvati, located at Srisailam in Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

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Moteshwar Mahadev

Shree Moteshwar Mahadev, also known as Shree Bheem Shankar Mahadev, is an abobe of Lord Shiva in Kashipur.

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Motilal Banarsidass

Motilal Banarsidass (MLBD) is a leading Indian publishing house on Sanskrit and Indology since 1903, located in Delhi, India.

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Mount Kailash

Mount Kailash (also Mount Kailasa; Kangrinboqê or Gang Rinpoche (Tibetan: གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ; s (simplified); t (traditional)), is a 6,638 m (21,778 ft) high peak in the Kailash Range (Gangdisê Mountains), which forms part of Transhimalaya in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The mountain is located near Lake Manasarovar and Lake Rakshastal, close to the source of some of the longest Asian rivers: the Indus, Sutlej, Brahmaputra, and Karnali also known as Ghaghara (a tributary of the Ganges) in India. Mount Kailash is considered to be sacred in four religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Bön and Jainism.

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Nageshvara Jyotirlinga

Nageshvara Jyotirlinga is one of the 12 Jyotirlinga shrines mentioned in the Shiva Purana.

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Narmada River

The Narmada, also called the Rewa and previously also known as Nerbudda,even Shankari, is a river in central India and the sixth longest river in the Indian subcontinent.

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Nashik

Nashik is an ancient city in the northwest region of Maharashtra in India. Situated on the banks of Godavari river Nashik is best known for being one of Hindu pilgrimage sites, that of Kumbh Mela which is held every 12 years. The city located about 190 km north of state capital Mumbai, is called the "Wine Capital of India" as half of India’s vineyards and wineries are located in Nashik.

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North India

North India is a loosely defined region consisting of the northern part of India.

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Odisha

Odisha (formerly Orissa) is one of the 29 states of India, located in eastern India.

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Omkareshwar

Omkareshwar (IAST: Ōṃkārēśvar) is a Hindu temple dedicated to God Shiva.

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Paadal Petra Sthalam

The Paadal Petra Kovil (Tamil: பாடல் பெற்ற தலங்கல்) are 275 temples that are revered in the verses of Saiva Nayanars in the 6th-9th century CE and are amongst the greatest Shiva temples of the continent.

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Pandyan dynasty

The Pandyan dynasty was an ancient Tamil dynasty, one of the three Tamil dynasties, the other two being the Chola and the Chera.

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Parli, Maharashtra

Parli is a town and a municipal council in Beed district in the Western Indian state of Maharashtra.

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Prabhas Patan

Prabhas Patan, also known as Somnath Patan, historically named Dev Patan, is a town situated in Gir Somnath district in Saurashtra region of Gujarat, India.

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Pune

Pune, formerly spelled Poona (1857–1978), is the second largest city in the Indian state of Maharashtra, after Mumbai.

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Ramanathaswamy Temple

Ramanathaswamy Temple (இராமநாதஸ்வாமி கோயில் Irāmanātasvāmi Kōyil):ta:இராமேஸ்வரம் இராமநாதசுவாமி கோயில் is a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Shiva located on Rameswaram island in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

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Rameswaram

Rameswaram, (also spelt as Ramesvaram, Rameshwaram) is a town and a second grade municipality in the Ramanathapuram district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Ravana

Ravana (IAST: Rāvaṇa;; Sanskrit: रावण) is a character in the Hindu epic Ramayana where he is depicted as the Rakshasa king of Lanka.

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Rayagada district

Rayagada is a mineral-rich district in the southern part of the state of Odisha, in India.

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Rayalaseema

Rayalaseema is a geographic region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It comprises four southern districts of the state namely, Anantapur, Chittoor, Kadapa and Kurnool. census of India, the region with four districts had a population of 15,184,908 and covers an area of.

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Santhal Pargana division

Santhal Pargana division constitutes one of the five administrative units known as the divisions of Jharkhand state in eastern India.

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Sapta Puri

The Sapta Puri are seven holy pilgrimage centres in India.

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Saurashtra (region)

Saurashtra, also known as Sorath or Kathiawar, is a peninsular region of Gujarat, India, located on the Arabian Sea coast.

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Shiva

Shiva (Sanskrit: शिव, IAST: Śiva, lit. the auspicious one) is one of the principal deities of Hinduism.

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Shiva Purana

The Shiva Purana is one of eighteen Purana genre of Sanskrit language in Hinduism, and part of the Shaivism literature corpus.

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Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu

Lord Shiva has innumerable temples dedicated to him throughout the length and breadth of India.

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Shivananda Lahari

Shivananda Lahari (IAST) is a devotional hymn composed by Adi Shankara, the 8th-century Advaita philosopher, on Shiva.

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Somnath temple

The Somnath temple located in Prabhas Patan near Veraval in Saurashtra on the western coast of Gujarat, is believed to be the first among the twelve jyotirlinga shrines of Shiva.

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Srisailam Project (RFC) Township

Srisailam Project (RFC) Township is a census town in Kurnool district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

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Stambha

Stambha (also spelled as Skambha) - is used to denote pillar or column.

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States and union territories of India

India is a federal union comprising 29 states and 7 union territories, for a total of 36 entities.

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Swayambhu

Svayambhu (स्वयम्भू) is a Sanskrit word that means "self-manifested", "self-existing", or "that is created by its own accord".

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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu (• tamiḻ nāḍu ? literally 'The Land of Tamils' or 'Tamil Country') is one of the 29 states of India.

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Tevaram

The Tevaram (தேவாரம்) denotes the first seven volumes of the Tirumurai, the twelve-volume collection of Śaiva devotional poetry.

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Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple

Trimbakeshwar or Tryambakeshwar is an ancient Hindu temple in the town of Trimbak, in the Trimbakeshwar tehsil in the Nashik District of Maharashtra, India, 28 km from the city of Nashik and 40 km from nashik road.

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Ujjain

Ujjain is the largest city in Ujjain district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

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Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh (IAST: Uttar Pradeś) is a state in northern India.

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Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand, officially the State of Uttarakhand (Uttarākhaṇḍ Rājya), formerly known as Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India.

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Vaidya

Vaidya (Sanskrit: वैद्य) is a Sanskrit word meaning "physician".

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Varanasi

Varanasi, also known as Benares, Banaras (Banāras), or Kashi (Kāśī), is a city on the banks of the Ganges in the Uttar Pradesh state of North India, south-east of the state capital, Lucknow, and east of Allahabad.

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Veraval

Veraval is a municipality and the headquarters of Gir Somnath district in the Indian state of Gujarat.

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Vishnu

Vishnu (Sanskrit: विष्णु, IAST) is one of the principal deities of Hinduism, and the Supreme Being in its Vaishnavism tradition.

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Western Ghats

Western Ghats also known as Sahyadri (Benevolent Mountains) is a mountain range that runs parallel to the western coast of the Indian peninsula, located entirely in India.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyotirlinga

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