TWELVE JYOTIRLINGAS OF LORD SHIVA-2

SHRI OMKARESHWAR AND AMALESHWAR JYOTIRLINGA.
this temple is situated in indore- madhya pradesh, in the bank of the river narmada, on the hill called manyata where both forms of shiva exists in one linga.
shiva puran says. once Rishis in vindhyachal hill made a earthern linga and worshipped and did tapasya to have vision of the phonic appearence of shiva.(pranav).pleased shiva gave a boon to the rishis. on the request of rishi's and devathas shiva's linga divided into two parts. in one linga he existed in the form of pranav so he is called omkareshwar which is surrounded by water always and earthy linga is known as amaleshwar or pareshwar linga. karthik poornima is celebrated here.

SHRI KEDARESWAR JYOTIRLINGA.
this is situated on top of the hill of uttarakhand .on the bright white snow covered mountains of the himalayas, siva is worshipped as kedareswar.kedarnath is famous for doing tapasya since ages. abhimanyu worshipped lord shiva here. this is one of the special place of pilgrimage for hindus.
the story for this relates to mahabharatha time.after the war yudhishtir asked vyas for a remedy to get rid of the sin of killing his own cousin brothers and guru's . vyas told them to visit kedarnath to worship shiva there. pandavas went there as a pilgrimage and seeing them coming shiva left that place in the form of a bull. pandavas for the vision of shiva did tapasya. pleased shiva's hump part appeared in the form of a jyotirlinga. here shiva's hump part is worshipped.
trekking here is very slippery but nature's abundance beauty and lord shiva's will make our journey memorable.

SHRI BHEEMSHANKAR JYOTIRLINGA.
this is situated in poona on the bank of the river bheema on the sahayadri hill temple.
water keeps flowing from linga.it is believed that after killing tripurasur, lord shiva came here to take rest. sweat drops of shiva is converted into bheema river.there a sooryavamshi raja bheemak was doing tapasya. pleased siva gave him darshan and accepted his request and stayed there as bheemshankar jyotirlinga.
There is another story for Bheemshankar jyotirlinga. this is situated in the brahmapur hill of gowhati in assam . according to the shivpuran, kamroop was ruled by a shivbakth called kamroopeshwar. he was devoted in worshiping lord shiva. a demon in the name of bheem was there . he did tapasya to lord brahma and got enormous power. where ever people worshipped god, he troubled them. he heard of the shiva bhakti of raja kamroopeshwar. he went to his palace and used bad vocabilaries but raja was absorbed in puja so he did not see him coming. bheem took his sword to cut the shiva linga , but before he could the sword was destroyed into pieces and lord shiva killed the demons. raja and the rishi's requested lord shiva to stay there for universal good, so he stayed as jyotirlinga.

SHRI VISVESWAR JYOTIRLINGA.
this is situated in kasi on bank of the river ganges., which is a holy spot for visits by hindus.it is the city of temples.it is the center for cultural and religious background. it is god's own residence.lord shiva esablished kasi. vishvanath temple was reconstructed by adi sankaracharya. then aurangazeb demolished it. ahilya bhai holkar constructed it again. linga is in a hole filled with water cannot be seen outside, so by touching only we can feel the linga.god vishwanath with goddess annapoorni blessess the devotees with boons. vishalakshi temple is also famous there.this is one of the shakti peet also, parvathi's left hand fell here.