The Universe would not exist without the sacred trinity that plays the 3 varied yet basic duties to maintain the cycle of birth, death and life moving.
Production is credited to Brahma and sustenance is attributed to Vishnu, while Mahesh or even Lord Shiva symbolizes the boundless energy, that is accountable for constructive destruction.
There is a gorgeous legend which proves Shiva's boundless nature, and in addition, it narrates the story of how Jyotirlingas came to being.
After, Lord Brahma and Vishnu got in an argument to show one another's supremacy. This did not go well with Shiva, that took the kind of a ray of light.
He threw a struggle to the duo saying that whoever finds that the origin or the conclusion of this luminous pole, could be announced superior.
To get involved in the competition of one-upmanship, Vishnu took the kind of a boar and dropped back while Bramha flew upward after changing to a swan.
The duo spends times but fails to discover the origin or the ending. Ultimately, Brahma is based on Lord Shiva, saying that he discovered the purpose of origin although Vishnu declared defeat.
To penalize Brahma for telling a lie, Lord Shiva chased himstating that he would not be blessed enough to be worshipped.
Likely, this is why there are fewer temples dedicated to Lord Brahma than people dedicated to Vishnu and Shiva.
Nonetheless, based on another version of the legend, after looking for days, both Brahma and Vishnu conceded defeat after studying about Shiva's boundless form.
Consequently, this day is called Maha Shivratri.
Jyotirlinga signifies the luminous beam which emits light. According to the ancient texts, there are so many as 64 Jyotirlingas, however, twelve are extremely famous.
All these Lingas are Swayambhus, meaning that the self-originated ones.
One can find the Jyotirlingas in the following places:
- Somnath near Veraval, Gujarat
- Nageshvara in Dwarka, Gujarat
- Mahakaleshwar in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
- Omkareshwar in Madhya Pradesh
- Mallikarjuna in Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh
- Ramanatha Swamy in Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu
- Kedarnath in Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand
- Bhimashankar in Maharashtra
- Trayambakeshwar in Nashik, Maharashtra
- Grishneshwar in Aurangabad, Maharashtra
- Baidyanath in Deoghar, Jharkhand
- Vishwanath in Kashi (Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh
