List of Shiva temples in India

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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. 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 templesEdit

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)Edit

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 templesEdit

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 templesEdit

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 TemplesEdit

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 templeEdit

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.