Dwadash Jyotirlingas or 12 Jyotirlingas
Jyotirlingas shows the light through radiance of Lord Shiva, where "Jyoti" means radiance and linga means "Iconic of Lord Shiva" and is a combination of light and soul in an non-human form. The Jyotirlinga is a form of Lord Shiva the supreme, out of which Lord Shiva appeared in another form "Lingodbhava", denotes the emergence of Linga, augments the sacred worship in a phallic form, denotes firmness, soundness, self-control which is the key to living of divine life to the fullest, which lead to Righteousness, Truth, Dedication, wisdom, Nature, Ultimate phenomena, Meritorious Deed, wholesome consciousness and fine plane of existence, fully attained. The 12 Jyotirlingas are:
Lord Somnath in Gir Somnath, Gujarat
Lord Mallikarjuna in Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh
Lord Mahakaleswar in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
Lord Omkareshwar in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh
Lord Kedarnath in Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand
Lord Bhimashankar in Maharashtra
Lord Vishwanath in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Lord Trimbakeshwar in Nashik, Maharashtra
Lord Baidyanath in Deoghar, Jharkhand
Lord Nageshvara in Dwarka, Gujarat
Lord Ramanathaswamy in Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu
Lord Grishneshwar in Aurangabad, Maharashtra
m is performed as an auspicious beginning alongwith chanting Sri Rudram and Chamakam and Bilva archana, followed by Lingam Abhisekam. This is a divine worship to 12 holy Jyotirlingas and the natives will be relieved from cosmic cycle of life and death