Jyotirlinga

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Hindu religious concept Jyotirlinga shrine Shiva shrine sacred site

Jyotirlinga refers to one of the twelve sacred shrines in India where Lord Shiva is worshipped in the form of a radiant, self-manifested lingam, considered especially powerful and holy in Hinduism.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Jyotirlinga site (Bhimashankar temple)	1
Jyotirlinga temple	1
Somnath Temple	0
Twelve Jyotirlingas	1

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu religious concept ⓘ Jyotirlinga shrine ⓘ Shiva shrine ⓘ sacred site ⓘ
associatedDeity	Shiva NERFINISHED ⓘ
attribute	especially holy ⓘ pilgrimage site ⓘ radiant ⓘ self-manifested ⓘ
count	12 ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
devotionalPractice	abhisheka ritual ⓘ pilgrimage circuit of twelve shrines ⓘ recitation of Shiva mantras ⓘ
etymology	from Sanskrit 'jyotis' (light) and 'linga' (symbol) ⓘ
festival	Maha Shivaratri NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicDistribution	various regions of India ⓘ
locatedIn	Bhimashankar Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ Grishneshwar Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ Kashi Vishwanath Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ Kedarnath Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ Mahakaleshwar Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ Mallikarjuna Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ Nageshwar Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ Omkareshwar Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ Ramanathaswamy Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ Somnath Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ Trimbakeshwar Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ Vaidyanath Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ
meaning	linga of light ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
scripturalSource	Linga Purana NERFINISHED ⓘ Shiva Purana NERFINISHED ⓘ
theologicalSignificance	manifestation of Shiva’s infinite light ⓘ
veneratedBy	Hindu pilgrims ⓘ Shaivites NERFINISHED ⓘ
worshipForm	lingam ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shree Somnath Trust → associatedWithTempleType → Jyotirlinga ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jyotirlinga temple

Jyotirlinga of Shiva → hasSacredElement → Jyotirlinga ⓘ

subject surface form: Jyotirlinga of Shiva at Trimbakeshwar

Deo Patan → hasType → Jyotirlinga ⓘ

Jyotirlinga of Shiva → oneOf → Jyotirlinga ⓘ

subject surface form: Jyotirlinga of Shiva at Trimbakeshwar

this entity surface form: Twelve Jyotirlingas

Sapta Puri → relatedConcept → Jyotirlinga ⓘ

Bhima Shankar hills → religiousSignificance → Jyotirlinga ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jyotirlinga site (Bhimashankar temple)