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 temples dedicated to his worship in India (and abroad). The most prominent of these are the Jyotirlinga temples and Mellacheruvu Swayabhu Shambhulingeshwara Swami. In Shaivism, Shiva is the god of all and is described as worshipped by all, including Devas (gods) like Brahma, vishnu and Indra, Asuras (demons) like Banasura and Ravana, humans like Adi Shankara and Nayanars, and creatures as diverse as Jatayu, an eagle, and Vali, an ape. Deities, rishis (sages), and grahas (planets) worshipped Shiva and established Shivalingas in various places.

The 12 Jyotirlinga temples

The 12 Jyotirlinga temples as mentioned in the Shiva Purana are :-[1]

#	Jyotirlinga	Location
1	Somnath	Prabhas Patan, 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 Nashik, Maharashtra
9	Baidyanath	Deoghar, Jharkhand
10	Nageshwar	Dwarka, Gujarat
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	Thiruvanaikaval, Tamil Nadu
Arunachaleswar	Fire	Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu
Kalahastheeswar	Air	Srikalahasti, Andhra Pradesh
Ekambareswarar	Earth	Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
Nataraja	Sky	Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu

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, Andhra Pradesh
Draksharama	Bhimesvara Swamy	Manikyamba Ammavaru	Draksharama, Andhra Pradesh
Somarama	Someswara Swamy	Sri Rajarajeswari Ammavaru	Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh
Ksheerarama	Ksheera Ramalingeswara Swamy	Parvati Ammavaru	Palakollu, Andhra Pradesh
Bhimarama	Kumara Bhimeswara Swamy	Bala Tripurasundari Ammavaru	Samalkota, Andhra Pradesh

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 Temple	Madurai
Thamira (Copper) Sabha	Nellaiappar Temple	Tirunelveli
Rathna (Gem) Sabha	Sri Vadaranyeswarar Temple	Thiruvalangadu
Chitira (Picture) Sabha	Kutraleeswar Temple	Kutralam

Shani Parihara Temples

Sabha	Temple	Location
Sani Parihara Sthalam	Sri Darbarneeswarar Temple	Thirunallaru, Tamil Nadu
Sani Parihara Sthalam	Sri Darbarneeswarar Temple	Devasthanam
Shani Parihara	Chenchadainathar Shiva Temple	Sayalkudi, Tamil Nadu
Shani Parihara	Sri Mandeswara Swamy Vari Devasthanam	East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh\|-

Kashiswar Jiu temple

The deity Kashiswar Jiu with the gauripatta in the temple.

Kashiswar Jiu temple (काशीश्वर जिउ मंदिर) is in Andul of Howrah district near the Saraswati river, West Bengal in India. The presiding deity is a Banlinga which was recovered from the river in mid 17th century by Kashiswar Datta Chowdhury, a local zamindar. In 18th century a stone made yoni-like structure (Gauripatta) that symbolizes goddess Shakti has been attached with the Linga after Bargi attacked in 1741 AD. The deity is consider to be one of the oldest in the district.

Other deities with Kashiswar Jiu
Deities	Year
Biseshwara	1785 AD
Nakuleshwara	19th century circa
Saurendra Mohaneshwara	18th century circa

The temples are presently run by SrisriKashiswar Debottur Trust.

Notable temples

Andhra Pradesh

Kapila Theertham, Chittoor
Kukkuteswara Temple, East Godavari
Yaganti temple, Kurnool district
Chejarlain Narasaraopet Kapoteswara Swamy temple
Draksharamam Temple, East Godavari
Gudimallam Sivalayam Temple (oldest known lingam) Chittoor district
Kotappakonda, Guntur
Kotipalli, East Godavari
Mahanandi, Kurnool
Maha Siva Temple Chittoor
Mogileswaralayam, Chittoor
Mukteswaram Temple, East Godavari
Old Siva Temple Chittoor
Puligundu Shiva Temple Chittoor
Rudrakoti, Kurnool district
Samarlakota Temple, East Godavari
Siva Shanmuga Sundareshwarar Temple Chittoor
Sri Sangameswara Alayam, Moola Kona
Sri Siva Nagendra Swami Temple Chittoor
Srimukhalingeswara, Srikakulam
Srisailam Temple, Kurnool
Surutupally Sivalayam, Chittoor
Tripurantakam Temple, Prakasam district
Vezzupalli Shiva Temple Chittoor

Assam

Bihar

Araria district

Sundarnath Temple at Araria

Bhagalpur district

Burhanath Temple at Bhagalpur
Budhanath Temple at Bhagalpur

Buxar district

Shri Adinath Akhara at Buxar

Darbhanga district

Mittheswarnath Shiv Temple at Chunabhatti

East Champaran district

Ugna Mahadev Temple at Bhawanipur Village

Kaimur district

Mundeshwari Temple at Ramgarh Village

Lakhisarai district

Ashokdham Temple

Madhubani district

Kapileshwar Temple at Rahika Town
Parasmaninath Temple at Madhubani
Rameshwarnath Temple at Benipatti Region, Madhubani
Ugna Mahadev Mandir

Muzaffarpur district

Baba Garib Sthan Mandir at Muzaffarpur

Patna district

Nair temple at Patna

Samastipur district

Khudneshwar Asthan Morwa at Morwa North Village

Vaishali district

Chhattisgarh

Goa

Gujarat

Somnath temple, Veraval
Bhavnath Temple, Junagadh
Koteshwar Temple, Lakhpat

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

Aurangabad District

Kailasa Temple at Ellora Caves

Mumbai City District

Babulnath Temple at Malabar Hill
Walkeshwar Temple at Walkeshwar

Nashik District

Gondeshwar Temple at Sinnar
Kapaleshwar Temple at Nasik
Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple at Trimbak City

Palghar District

Shiv Mandir, Maharashtra at Vangaon
Tungareshwar Temple at Vasai,

Raigad District

Elephanta Caves at Elephanta Island

Odisha

Sikkim

Kirateshwar Mahadev Temple, Legship

Tamil Nadu

Airavatesvara Temple, Darasuram
Ardhanareeswarar temple, Tiruchengode
Thayumanaswami Temple, Rockfort, Tiruchirapalli
Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur
Kapaleeshwarar Temple, Chennai
Kasi Viswanathar temple, Tenkasi
Pariyur Kondathu Kaliamman, Pariyur
Perur Pateeswarar Temple, Coimbatore
Sangameswarar Temple, Bhavani
Sankaranayinarkoil, Sankarankovil
Virundeeswarar Temple, Coimbatore
Chenchadainathar Karunakadakshi Temple – TM Kotai, Ramanathapuram dist
Jalakhanteswar Temple, Vellore
Magudeshwarar Temple – Kodumudi
Meenakshi Temple - Madurai

Telangana

Ramappa Temple, Warangal
Alampuram Temple, Mahabubnagar district
Chaya Someswara Temple in Nalgonda Telangana
Gowthameshwara Temple, Manthani, Karimnagar district
Mukteswara Swamy Temple, Karimnagar
Vemulavada Rajarajeswara Temple, Karimnagar district

Uttarakhand

Baijnath, Uttarakhand
Baleshwar Temple, Champawat
Daksheswar Mahadev Temple, Kankhal
Gopinath Mandir, Chamoli Gopeshwar
Jageshwar, Almora
Kalpeshwar
Kedarnath Temple, Kedarnath
Madhyamaheshwar
Neelkanth Mahadev Temple, near Rishikesh
Panch Kedar
Rudranath
Rudreshwar Mahadev Temple
Tungnath, Chamoli district
Shivalaya, Balibagarh, Salla Bhatkot – Almora district

Uttar Pradesh

Lodheshwar Mahadev Mandir, Barabanki
Waneshwar Mahadev Temple, Kanpur
Hajari Mahadev Temple, Etawah. It is temple located at Sarsai Nawar
Ghushmeshwarnath Temple . at Pratapgarh U.P

West Bengal

External links

References

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

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

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