Talk:Jyotirlinga
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[edit] Parking some material taken from Shiva and Shaivism prior to integration here
- Mallikārjuna (Sanskrit: मल्लिकार्जुन) - This is the name of one of the twelve jyotirlingas ("Pillars of Light"), located on a mountain on the river Krishna.[1]
- Rameśvara (Sanskrit: रमेश्वर) - Lord of Rama. This is the name of one of the twelve jyotirlingas ("Pillars of Light").[2]
- Of these, the most famous are Rameswaram in Tamilnadu, Varanasi on the banks of the Ganges river, and Kedarnath in the Himalayas. Two other Jyotirlingas, called Mahakalashvar, are located in Madhya Pradesh in the ancient city of Ujjain. There is another at Omkareshwar, named for the city.
Buddhipriya 22:28, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
