Dwadashi (12) Jyotirlinga Temples Tour From North India

 

Route: Haridwar - Kedarnath – Kashi Vishwanath – Baidyanath – Mallikarjuna – Rameshwaram - Mahakaleshwar – Omkareshwar – Grishneshwar – Bhimashankar – Tryambakeshwar – Somnath – Nageshwar – Jamnagar Drop 

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Duration:  23 Nights 24 Days

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For all those who reside in North India, they can begin their Jyotirlinga tour from Kedarnath in Uttarakhand. From Kedarnath, you can take this expedition to Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. The distance between Gaurikund and Varanasi is 1216 km. Some 476 km from Varanasi, Baidyanath Temple in Deoghar, Jharkhand is the next stopover on this pilgrimage tour. Travelling a distance of around 920 km from Deoghar, you’ll reach Madhya Pradesh which is a home to two Jyotirlingas – Mahakaleshwar in Ujjain and Omkareshwar on Shivapuri Island. After visiting these two pilgrimages in Madhya Pradesh, proceed to your next destination – Maharashtra which would be some 697 km away. In Maharashtra, there exist three Jyotirlingas – Grishneshwar Temple at Ellora, Aurangabad; Trimbakeshwar in Nashik; and Bhimashankar in Pune.

Till Maharashtra, your three-fourth of the Jyotirlinga Yatra will be completed. Around 815 km from Maharashtra is your next destination is Gujarat. Saurashtra, the peninsula region of Gujarat houses one of the twelve Jyotirlingas – Somnath Temple. Somnath is one of the popular Hindu temples in India and as a reason of this, a large number of devotees flock every year to Saurashtra to offer their prayers at this revered holy site. The cultural land of Gujarat is also a proud home of another Jyotirlinga, esteemed as Nageshwar located in Dwarka which is your next stop after Somnath. Now, from West India, you’ll have to travel all the way to South India to cover the last two holy places. Your first destination in South India will be Srisailam where is located a famous Jyotirlinga, Mallikarjuna. After offering prayers at Mallikarjuna, your journey will finish at Rameswaram where the last Jyotirlinga, Ramanathaswamy Temple is located.

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Note: Since the holy portals of Kedarnath opens for a limited time, i.e., either from late April or early May to the month of October, and hence, it is advisable for pilgrims from all the region to plan this tour accordingly.