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Dwadasa Jyotirlinga
Lord Shiva granted prayers of Devahuti agreed to manifest as Svayambhû Linga on the night of the Ardra Nakshatra and henceforth be as Jyotirlinga. These Dwadasa Jyotirlinga shrines will be enshrining Lord Shiva in the form of a Jyotirlinga. Somnath be the foremost of the twelve Jyotirlinga Shrines of Shiva. Srisaila Mountain on the river Krishna manifests Lord Mallikarjuna and that Shrine would be rich in architectural and sculptural wealth. Next near Dwaraka dwell as Lord Nageshwar in Avanti Mahakaleshwar in the Sahyadri hills Bhimashankar. At the origin of the river Godavari as Tryambakeshwar and on an island in the Narmada river as Omkareshwar and nestled in the snow-clad Himalayas as Kedarnath. On the banks of Ganga at Varanasi as Vishwanath and in Deoghar as Baidyanathdham and in the vicinity of the Ellora as Grishneshwar and in the southernmost at Rameswaram as Ramalingeswara

Lord Shiva granted to bless all those who recite these 12 names regularly in the morning and evening washes all the sins committed in the previous seven births and attains all the powers and perfections.

The gracious gift filled with generosity and the bestowing of boons by Lord Shiva that reached all as Prasad, which enabled them accessing to another plane of consciousness.

The entire assemblage chanted repeatedly, ‘Om Namah Shivaya! Om Namah Shakti!’ and pleased Lord Shiva assured that all those who celebrated this as festival with filled devotion would absolve them of all their sins and liberate them from the cycle of birth and death.

To know more on the significance of “Dwadasa Jyotirlinga shrines”...Read Kingdom of Shiva..Kishenji, Author Kingdom of Siva