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{{short description|Hindu temple, One of the twelve Jyotirlingas}}
{{Original research|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox Hindu temple
| name = Nageshwar Jyotirlinga
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| caption = Nageshwar Jyotirlinga Temple
| map_type = India Gujarat
| map_caption = Nageshvara Jyotirlinga location in India
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| native_name = नागेश्वर मंदिर
| country = [[India]]
| state = Gujarat
| district = Devbhumi Dwarika
| location = Dwarka, Gujarat
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| deity = [[Shiva]]
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| festivals= [[Maha Shivaratri]]
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[[File:Nageshwar.JPG|thumb|250px|Nageshwar Jyotirling Jamnagar Gujarat]]
[[File:Nageshwar Front.JPG|thumb|250px|right|Nageshwar Jyotirling]]
[[File:Jageshwar main.JPG|right|thumb|250px|The temples at Jageshwar, in the background of Darukavana, the holy Deodar forest.]]
'''Nageshvara''' is one of the legendary temples mentioned in the [[Shiva Purana]] and is one of the twelve [[Jyotirlinga]]s. It is located in [[Dwarka]], [[Gujarat]], India.

==Jyotirlinga==
According to [[Shiva Purana|Shiv Mahapuraan]], [[Brahma]] (The Creator) and [[Vishnu]] (The Preserver) once had a disagreement about which of them was supreme.{{sfn|R.|2003|pp=92-95}} To test them, [[Shiva]] pierced the three worlds as an immeasurable pillar of light, the [[Jyotirlinga]]. [[Vishnu]] and [[Brahma]] parted company to determine the extent of each end of the pillar. [[Brahma]], who had set off upward, lied that he had discovered the upper end of the pillar, but [[Vishnu]], who had gone in the direction of the base of the pillar, admitted that he had not. [[Shiva]] then appeared as a second [[Jyotirlinga]] and cursed [[Brahma]], telling him that he would have no place in the ceremonies. The [[Jyotirlinga]] is the supreme indivisible reality from which [[Shiva]] appears. Jyothirlinga shrines commemorate this time when [[Shiva]] appeared.{{sfn|Eck|1999|p=107}}{{sfn|Gwynne|2008|loc= Char Dham}} It was believed that there were originally sixty-four jyotirlingas. Twelve are considered to be especially auspicious and holy.{{sfn|R.|2003|pp=92-95}} Each of the twelve sites takes the name of the presiding deity and each is considered a separate manifestation of [[Shiva]].{{sfn|Lochtefeld|2002|pp=324-325}} At all these sites, the primary deity is a [[lingam]] representing the beginning less and endless ''[[Stambha]]'' pillar, symbolizing the Shiva's infinite nature.{{sfn|Lochtefeld|2002|pp=324-325}}{{sfn|Harding|1998|pp=158-158}}<ref name="paris_congress">Vivekananda Vol. 4</ref> The twelve jyothirlinga are [[Somnath Temple|Somnath]] in [[Gujarat]], [[Mallikarjuna Swamy|Mallikarjuna]] at [[Srisailam]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga|Mahakaleswar]] at [[Ujjain]] in [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Omkareshwar]] in [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Kedarnath Temple|Kedarnath]] in [[Himalayas]], [[Bhimashankar Temple|Bhimashankar]] in [[Maharashtra]], [[Kasi Viswanath Temple|Viswanath]] at [[Varanasi]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple|Triambakeshwar]] in [[Maharashtra]], [[Vaidyanath Jyotirlinga, Deoghar|Vaidyanath]] at [[Deoghar]] in [[Jharkhand]], Aundha Nagnath temple in Maharashtra, [[Ramanathaswamy Temple|Rameshwar]] at [[Rameswaram]] in [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Grishneshwar]] at [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]] in [[Maharashtra]].{{sfn|R.|2003|pp=92-95}}{{sfn|Chaturvedi|2006|pp=58-72}}

Nageshvara jyotirlinga is situated in a forest called Daarukavanam In Gujarat
<ref>{{cite web |title=Nageshwar Jyotirling |url=https://devbhumidwarka.nic.in/tourist-place/nageshwar-temple/ |website=devbhumidwarka.nic.in |publisher=National Informatics Centre |access-date=25 September 2021}}</ref>

==Legend==
The [[Shiva Purana]] says Nageshvara [[Jyotirlinga]] is in 'the Darukavana', which is an ancient name of a forest in India. 'Darukavana' finds mention in Indian epics, such as ''Kamyakavana'', ''Dvaitavana'', ''Dandakavana''.

A narrative in the [[Shiva Purana]] about the Nageshvara Jyotirlinga tells of a demon named Daruk, who attacked a Shiva devotee named Supriya and imprisoned him along with many others in his city of Darukavana, a city under the sea inhabited by sea snakes and demons. At the urgent exhortations of Supriya, the prisoners started to chant the holy mantra of Shiva and immediately thereafter Lord Shiva appeared and the demon was vanquished,<ref name="dharmakshetra.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.dharmakshetra.com/literature/puranas/shiva.html|title=Dharmakshetra.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031125094642/http://dharmakshetra.com/literature/puranas/shiva.html|archive-date=2003-11-25|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref> later residing there in the form of a Jyotirlinga. The demon had a wife, a demoness named [[Daruka]] who worshipped Mata Parvati. As a result of her penance and devotion, Mata Parvati enabled her to master the forest where she performed her devotions, and renamed the forest 'Darukavana' in her honour. Wherever Daruka went the forest followed her. In order to save the demons of Darukavana from the punishment of the gods, Daruk summoned up the power Parvati had given her. She then moved the entire forest into the sea where they continued their campaign against the hermits, kidnapping people and keeping them confined in their new lair under the sea, which was how that great Shiva devotee, Supriya, had wound up there.<ref name="dharmakshetra.com"/>

The arrival of Supriya caused a revolution. He set up a lingam and made the prisoners recite the mantra ''Om Namaha Shivay'' in honour of Shiva while he prayed to the lingam. The demons' response to the chanting was to attempt to kill Supriya, though they were thwarted when Shiva appeared and handed him a divine weapon that saved his life. Daruka and the demons were defeated and Parvati saved the remaining demons. The lingam that Supriya had set up was called Nagesha; it is the tenth lingam.<ref name="dharmakshetra.com"/> Shiva once again assumed the form of a Jyotirlinga with the name Nageshwar, while the Goddess Parvati was known as Nageshwari. Lord Shiva then announced that he would show the correct path to those who would worship him.

==Location controversy==
The actual location of the legendary forest of Darukavana is debated. No other important clues indicate the location of the Jyotirlinga. 'Darukavana' remains the only clue.

The name Darukavana, is derived from ''daruvana'' (forest of [[Cedrus deodara|deodar]] trees), is thought to exist in Almora. Deodar (''daru vriksha'') is found abundantly only in the western Himalayas, not in peninsular India. Deodar trees have been associated with Lord Shiva in ancient Hindu texts. Hindu sages used to reside and perform meditation in deodar forests to please Lord Shiva. Also, according to the ancient treatise ''Prasadmandanam'',
<blockquote>"हिमाद्रेरूत्तरे पार्श्वे देवदारूवनं परम् पावनं शंकरस्थानं तत्र् सर्वे शिवार्चिताः।"</blockquote> Because of this the 'Jageswara' temple in Almora, Uttarakhand is commonly identified as Nageshvara Jyotirlinga.

The written name of Darukavana could be misread as 'Dwarakavana' which would point to the Nageswara temple at Dwaraka. However, no forest is in this part of Dwaraka that finds mention in any of the Indian epics. The narratives of Shri Krishna, mention Somanatha and the adjoining Prabhasa tirtha, but not Nageswara or Darukavana in Dwaraka.

Darukavana might exist next to the Vindhya Mountains. It is south-southwest of the Vindhyas extending to the sea in the west. In the ''Dvadasha Jyotirlinga Stotra'' (6),<ref>[http://sanskritdocuments.org/all_pdf/dvAdashaJyotistotra.pdf Dvadasha Jyotirlinga Stotra]</ref> [[Shankaracharya]] praised this Jyotirlinga as ''Naganath'':
<blockquote>"''Yamye sadange nagaretiramye vibhushitangam vividhaishcha bhogai
Sadbhaktimuktipradamishamekam shrinaganatham sharanam prapadye''"</blockquote>
This could be taken to mean that it is located in the south ['yamye'] at the town of 'Sadanga', which was the ancient name of Aundh in Maharashtra, south of the Jageswara shrine in Uttarakhand and west of Dwaraka Nageshvara.

==Connectivity==
'''Nearest Airport''': [[Jamnagar Airport|Jamnagar]]

'''Nearest Railway Station''': [[Dwarka railway station|Dwarka]] and [[Okha railway station|Okha]]

==See also==
* [[Jageshwar]]
* [[Aundha Nagnath Temple]]

==References==
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==Sources==
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==External links==
* [http://www.indian-gk.in/nageshvara-jyotirlinga/ Nageshvara Jyotirlinga], Indian GK
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=J0MpAQAAMAAJ&q=Pindara+Gujarat&dq=Pindara+Gujarat&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjVyMHZ3IzZAhWMp48KHWjAA-IQ6AEITjAI Nageswar Archeology]
* [https://templeknowledge.com/about-nageshwar-jyotirling-temple/ Nageswar Jyotirlinga Temple(Complete info)]
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