Lord Shiva and Jyotirlingas

 A while ago, all at once a question did arise in my brainbox who has created this universe? Are the theories, laws of science working? Or the magical powers of centuries-old saints .True, the confusion persisted for a couple of minutes and then I came out in favor of compromise. In other words ,the result was a compromise .

Think God and almost instantly you think of Lord Shiva.In the Hindu regilion there are some sixty four thousand gods and goddesses and Bramha is the creator,Vishnu is the preserver and Shiva is the destroyer. Of them the Lord Shiva is given the supreme significance.

        The Lord Shiva is the God who gets easily impressed ,even by offering Him  only water.He is also known by name 'Mahadev'.But to please this deity the devotees offer milk, water ,belu patra
(Aegle marmelos) and Datura( Datura
Stramonium) .Belu patra is very favorite to the Lord Shiva.

The Hindu mythological books  describe that on the earth the divine power of Lord Shiva lies in the Jytoirlingas.Jytoirlinga is basically a symbol or sign or structure that has the divine power or energy of the Almighty.

There is a belief that one who pays obeisance here gets the blessings of the Almighty and also get all his wishes fulfilled. Another belief is that one who simply recites the name of Lord Shiva and twelve Jyotirlingas is relieved of all sins and becomes free from the vicious cycle of life and death.

   For Hindus these Jyotirlingas are holy sites of pilgrimage. Every Hindu keep a desire to visit these sites once in their life.These sacred places attract tourists from all walks of life.Every year thousands of pilgrims from all over the world make the pilgrimage to these Jyotirlingas .There are twelve Jyotirlingas spread all over India.They are

(1)Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga--  Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh.

(2) Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga---   Madhya Pradesh

(3) Vaidyanath  Jyotirlinga --  Deograh, Jharkhand

(4) Bhimshankar Jyotirlinga --Pune, Maharashtra

(5)Rameshwar Jyotirlinga---Tamil Nadu

(6) Nageshwar Jyotirlinga--- Gujarat

(7) Vishwanath Jyotirlinga--Varanasi,Uttar Pradesh

(8) Trimbakeshwar Jyotirlinga--- Nasik,Maharashtra

(9) Kedarnath Jyotirlinga--- Himalayan Range,Uttarakhand

(10) Ghrishneshwar Jyotirlinga-- Aurangabad,Maharashtra

(11) Somnath Jyotirlinga---Kathiwad district, Gujarat

(12)Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga --- Andhra pradesh also known as 'Kailash of the south'