Grishneshwar Temple

Grishneshwar Jyotirlinga
Religion
AffiliationHinduism
DistrictAurangabad
DeityShri Grishneshwar (Shiva)
FestivalsMahashivratri
Location
LocationVerul
StateMaharashtra
CountryIndia
Grishneshwar Temple is located in Maharashtra
Grishneshwar Temple
Location in Maharashtra[1]
Geographic coordinates20°1′29.9″N 75°10′11.7″E / 20.024972°N 75.169917°E / 20.024972; 75.169917
Architecture
TypeHemadpanthi

Grushneshwar Jyotirlinga is a Hindu temple of Shiva in Verul village of Aurangabad district, Maharashtra, India. It is one of the 12 Jyotirlinga mandirs.[2][3][4] The mandir is a national protected site, one and a half kilometers away from the Ellora Caves, 30 kilometres (19 miles) north-west of the city Aurangabad, and 300 kilometres (190 miles) east-northeast far from Mumbai.[5] Grushneshwar is mentioned in Shiva Purana, Skanda Purana, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.[6]

  1. ^ Grishneshwar Aurangabad GPS Archived 11 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine Govt of Maharashtra
  2. ^ Sambhaji Nagar District Administration, Government Of Maharashtra. "Ellora Leni and Ghrishneshwar Jyotirlinga Temple, Verul". Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  3. ^ Swati Mitra (2011). Omkareshwar and Maheshwar. Goodearth Publications. p. 25. ISBN 978-93-80262-24-6.
  4. ^ Directorate of Publicity, Maharashtra State (India) (1960). Handbook of Maharashtra State. p. 166.
  5. ^ Banerjee, Shoumojit (8 February 2023). "Hillary Clinton visits Ellora Caves, Grishneshwar temple in Sambhaji Nagar". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  6. ^ "बारा ज्योतिर्लिंग: घृष्णेश्वर मंदिराचा नेमका इतिहास काय आहे ?" [12 Jyotirlinga : What is the history of Grushneshwar Jyotirlinga?]. Esakal (in Marathi).