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A jyotirling or jyotirlinga is a shrine where the Hindu god Shiva is worshipped in the form of a jyotirlingam or "golden lingam". There are traditionally twelve Jyotirlinga shrines in India:
- Somnath in Gujarat is home to the foremost Jyotirlinga temple.
- Dwarka in Gujarat is home to the Nageshwar Jyotirlinga temple.
- Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh is home to the Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga temple.
- Sree Sailam, near Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh, is home to the Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga temple.
- Bhimashankar, in the Sahyadri range of Maharashtra, contains a Jyotirlinga shrine associated with Shiva destroying the demon Tripurasura.
- Omkareshwar in Madhya Pradesh is an island in the Narmada River, home to a Jyotirlinga shrine and the Amareshwar temple.
- Kedarnath in Uttaranchal is located high in the Himalaya range.
- Varanasi (Benares) is home to the Vishwanath Jyotirling temple.
- Trimbakeshwar, near Nashik in Maharashtra, has a Jyotirlinga shrine located associated with the origin of the Godavari River.
- Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu is home to the vast Ramalingeswarar Jyotirlinga temple.
- Grishneshwar Jyotirlinga shrine, in Maharashtra, is located near the the rock-cut temples of Ellora.
- Deogarh in Bihar is home to the Vaidyanath Jyotirlinga temple.
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