A most venerated pilgrimage tour in India is the visit to the holy places of 12 Jyotirlingas. It will be an enchanting experience for any of the Shiva disciple. In these places Lord Shiva is worshipped in the form of Jyotirlingas. Jyotirlingas means the Lingam of Light. It is believed that Jyotirlinga is the prime source of energy and the pivot of all kinds of activities on Earth.
Devotees who visit all 12 Jyotirlingas are believed to be entitled for salvation and enlightenment. The views of the Jyotirlingas remove the darkness from the mind and bring peace, enjoyments and prosperity to the devotee. The 12 Jyotirlinga Yatra will get rid of impurities the mind and body.
The 12 Jyotirlingas are spread across India from southern part to northern part. The south most Jyotirlinga is located at Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu and the north most Jyotirlinga is located at Kedarnath in Uttarakhand. Other Jyotirlingas are at Somnath in Gujarat, Mallikarjun in Srisailam, Andra Pradesh, Mahakaleshwar in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, Omakareshwar in Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, Baidyanath in Deoghar, Jharkhand, Nageshwar in Dwarka Gujarat, Trimbakeshw
One can start from any of the 12 Jyotirlinga shrines and move over to others one by one. But mostly pilgrims come to the states of Maharashtra or Madhya Pradesh and start their pilgrimage tour at the Jyotirlinga places and move around the nearby shrines before proceeding to north and south.