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 rock-cut temples of Ellora.
• Deogarh in Bihar is home to the Vaidyanath Jyotirlinga temple.