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, Gujrat
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

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

• Srimukhalinam,Srikhakulam
• Kapila Theertham, Chittoor
• Kotipalli, East Godavari
• Mukteswaram, West Godavari
• Kotappakonda, Guntur
• Maha Nandi, Kurnool

Assam

• Sukreswar Temple, Guwahati
• Sivadol, Sivasagar

Goa

• Mangueshi Temple
• Nagueshi Temple, Bandora
• Ramnathi Temple, Bandora
• Saptakoteshwar, Narve
• Mahadev Temple, Tambdi Surla
• Vimleshwar Temple, Rivona

Gujarat

• Somnath, Junagadh
• Bhavnath, Junagadh
• Koteswar, Lakhpat

Jammu and Kashmir

• Amarnath

Karnataka

• Kadri Manjunath Temple, Dakshina Kannada
• Murudeshwara, Uttara Kannada
• Dharmasthala Manjunatha Temple, Dakshina Kannada
• Srikanteshwara Temple, Nanjangud
• Kotilingeshwara, Kolar
• Gokarna, Uttara Kannada

Kerala

• Maheswaram Temple, Thiruvananthapuram
• Rajarajeshwara Temple, Taliparamba
• Vadakkunnathan Temple, Thrissur
• Mahadeva Temple, Vaikom
• Vadakkeshwaram Temple, Kottiyoor
• Mahadevar Temple, Ettumanoor
• Siva Temple, Poonkunnam
• Bhavaneeswara Temple, Palluruthy
• Shiva Temple, Ernakulam
• Mahadeva Temple, Chengannur

Madhya Pradesh

• Pashupatinath temple, Mandsaur

Maharashtra

• Kailash Temple, Ellora
• Elephanta Caves, Mumbai
• Walkeshwar Temple, Mumbai
• Babulnath, Mumbai

Odisha

• The Leaning Temple of Huma, Sambalpur
• Lingaraj Temple, Bhubaneswar
• Kapilash Temple, Dhenkanal
• Mukteswar Temple, Bhubaneswar
• Parsurameswar Temple, Bhubaneswar
• Akhandalamani Temple, Bhadrak
• Chandaneswar, Balasore
• Dhabaleswar, Cuttack
• Gupteswar Cave temple, Jeypore

Sikkim

• Kirateshwar Mahadev Temple, Legship

Tamil Nadu

• Airavatesvara Temple, Darasuram
• Amarapaneeswarar Temple, Pariyur
• Brihadeeswarar Temple, Thanjavur
• Sangameswarar Temple, Bhavani
• Perur Pateeswarar Temple, Coimbatore
• Kapaleeshwarar Temple, Chennai
• Ardhanareeswarar temple, Tiruchengode

Telangana

• Mukteswara Swamy Temple, Karimnagar
• Ramappa temple, Warangal

Uttarakhand

• Daksheswara Mahadev Temple, Kankhal
• Rudreshwar Mahadev Temple
• Baleshwar Temple, Champawat
• Baijnath, Uttarakhand
• Jageshwar, Almora
• Gopinath Mandir, Chamoli Gopeshwar
• Neelkanth Mahadev Temple, near Rishikesh
• Panch Kedar
• Kedarnath Temple, Kedarnath
• Tungnath, Chamoli district
• Rudranath
• Madhyamaheshwar
• Kalpeshwar

Uttar Pradesh

• Lodheshwar Mahadev Mandir, Barabanki
• Waneshwar Mahadev Temple, Kanpur

West Bengal

• Tarakeswar

External links

• Famous Shiv temples in India

References

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