Shaiva

Alangudi Guru

Alaṅguḍi — Navagraha Guru (Jupiter) sthala

Amarnāth Cave Shiva

Amarnath — the natural-ice liṅga of Kashmir

Amarnath

Lord of Amarnath

Arunachaleshwara Thiruvannamalai

Agni Liṅga — fire-element

Avinashi-appar (Avinasi-lingam)

Avinashi-appar of Avinashi — the Revival Shiva

Ayyappa

Hariharaputra — the celibate god of Sabarimala

Kedārnāth Jyotir-liṅga

Kedārnāth — Shiva at 3,583m, 5th Jyotirlinga

Baidyanath

Lord of Knowledge

Baijnāth Mahādev

Baijnāth — 12th-c. Shiva of Kangra

Kedāreśvara of Kedārghāṭ, Kāśī

Kedāreśvara — Kāśī-Kedarnāth link

Kottiyoor Bhagavathy

Kōttiyūr Bhagavatī — Dakshina Kashi Shiva-Shakti

Bhairav

Fierce Form of Shiva

Bhimashankar

Bhīmaśaṅkara — Sixth Jyotirlinga

Bijlī Mahādev

Bijlī Mahādev — Shiva of the lightning-liṅga

Bijli Mahadev

Lord of Lightning

Brihadeeswarar

Great Lord

Chidambaram Natarāja

Ākāśa Liṅga — space-element / Lord of the Cosmic Dance

Airavateshwara Darasuram

Airāvateśvara — UNESCO Living Chola Temple

Dattatreya: The Triple Divine

Devasenā — Indra's daughter

Devasenā — Murugan's first consort

Ekāmbareshwar Kanchipuram

Pṛthvī Liṅga — earth-element

Ettumanoor Mahadeva

Ettumānnūr — second of 108 Kerala Shiva temples

Gangaikondacholapuram Brihadeeshwarar

Second great Chola temple — Rajendra Chola

Ghrishneshwar

Ghṛṣṇeśvara — Twelfth and final Jyotirlinga

Gokarṇa Mahabaleshwara

Gokarṇa — where Ravana stopped with Atma-linga

Khandoba Tulajapur

Khaṇḍobā of Tulajapur — Latur district

Ghṛṣṇeśvara of Ellora

Ghṛṣṇeśvara — 12th of the 12 Jyotirlingas, adjacent to Ellora

Ḍāgunji Ganeśa

Ḍāgunji — rare 2-handed Ganesha of Uttara Kannada

Eklingji — Iṣṭa-devī of Mewar

Eklingji — Shiva as the supreme of Mewar kings

Kāla-Bhairava of Varanasi

Kāla-Bhairava — chief-of-police of Varanasi

Kala Bhairava Varanasi

Kāla Bhairava — Kotwal (police chief) of Kashi

Kalabhairav

Lord of Kashi

Srikalahasti

Vāyu Liṅga — air-element

Kalpeśvar — Shiva's hair

Kalpeśvar — 5th and only year-round Pañca Kedar

Kamadeva

God of Desire — Lord of Love

Jvara-hareshwarar

Jvara-hareshwara of Kanchi — fever-remover

Metrali-eswarar of Kanchi

Metrali-eswarar — the "upper-floor" Shiva of Kanchi

Kailasanathar Kanchipuram

Kailāsanātha — earliest Pallava stone temple

Kanjanur Shukra

Kañjanūr — Navagraha Śukra (Venus) sthala

Kapālīśvara of Mylapore

Kapālīśvara — Shiva of Mylapore, Chennai

Kartikeya

The Divine Warrior — Son of Shiva

Pasu-pateeswarar of Karur

Pasu-pateeswarar — Lord of the beasts

Viśvanātha of Kāśī

9th of the 12 Jyotirlingas

Kashi Vishwanath

Lord of the Universe of Varanasi

Kashmir Shiva

Kashmir Shaivism

Kedar-Gaurī of Bhubaneshwar

Kedar-Gaurī — Shiva-Shakti jointly

Kedarnath

Lord of the Himalayan Hump — Jyotirlinga of the Char Dham

Keezhperumpallam Ketu

Kīḻpeṟumpalliyam — Navagraha Ketu sthala

Ketheeswaram of Mannar — 2nd Pancha-Ishwaram

Ketheeswaram — Shiva near the ancient port

Khajurāho Kandariya Mahādev

Kandariya Mahādev — the masterpiece of Khajurāho

Khaṇḍobā of Jejuri

Mārtāṇḍa Bhairava — Shiva as warrior-pastoralist lord

Khandoba

Martanda Bhairava — Warrior-God of the Deccan Shepherds

Koneshwaram

Lord of the Hill

Koneswaram

Koṇeśvara — Lord of the East of Sri Lanka

Kottiyoor Mahādeva

Kottiyoor — 28-day temporary-forest-shrine

Krishna source at Mahābaleśvar

Krishna river source + 4 other river-sources

Kudroli Gokarnath Shiva

Shiva at the coastal Karnataka

Kukke Subramanya

Kukke Subrahmaṇya — serpent-god temple of Karnataka

Kumbeshwar Kumbakonam

Kumbhakoṇa-īśvara — temple of the cosmic pot

Kuṭralanātha / Kurumbala-eeswarar

Kuṭralanātha of Kuṭralam — Shiva at the great waterfall

Lingaraja

Liṅgarāja — Harihara Shiva of Bhubaneswar

Madhyamaheśvar — Shiva's belly/navel

Madhyamaheśvar — 4th of the Pañca Kedar

Meenakshi Amman Temple

Mīnākṣī-Cokkanātha — the heart of Tamil Shaivism and Shaktism

Sundareśvara of Madurai Meenakshi

Sundareśvara — consort of Meenakshi at Madurai

The Madurai Nayak Pantheon

The Eight Temples — unified royal-ritual geography of Nayak Madurai

Bhasma Āratī of Mahakaleshwar

Bhasma Āratī — unique 4am ash-ritual

Mahakaleshwar Ujjain

Mahākāleśvara — Third Jyotirlinga, Bhasma Aarti

Mahakaleshwar

Lord of Time — Jyotirlinga of Ujjain

Mahakumbh

Melas

Mailara Lingeshwara

Mailāra Liṅgeśvara — Karnataka variant of Khandoba

Male Mahadeshwara

Male Mahādeśvara — hill-Shiva of the Kuruba shepherds

Mallikarjuna Srisailam

Mallikārjuna — Second Jyotirlinga

Mallikarjuna

Lord of the Jasmine

Maṅgēśa of Mangeshi

Maṅgēśa — supreme Konkani Shiva

Manikarṇikā Ghāṭ

Manikarṇikā — Varanasi's cremation ghat

Matangeshwar

Mātaṅgeśvara — only living temple of the Khajuraho complex

Matsyendra-nātha of Kadri Manjunath

Matsyendra-nātha — guru of Gorakhnāth, founder of Kaula-yoga

Mayureshwar of Morgaon

Peacock-riding Ganesha — First of the Ashtavinayak

Pañca-Bhūta Sthalas — the 5 element-temples

Pañca-Bhūta — Ether, Air, Fire, Water, Earth

Munneshwaram

Lord of the Hill

Munneswaram

Munneśvarar — one of Shiva's five ishvarams in Sri Lanka

Muruḍēśvar Shiva

Muruḍēśvar — 249-foot Shiva statue on the sea

Thiruchendur Subrahmaṇya

2nd of the 6 Padai Veedu — Murugan at the sea-shore

Nallur Kandaswamy

Lord of Nallur

Nandi

The Sacred Bull — Vehicle of Shiva

Bhuvaneśvara of Omkareshwar

Bhuvaneśvara — secondary shrine at Omkareshwar

Godāvarī source at Trimbak

Source of the Godavari — Brahmagiri Peak

Panchavaṭi and Trimbakeśvara

Panchavaṭi of Nashik — Rama's forest-exile home

Nataraja Chidambaram

Lord of Dance

Navagraha Temple of Guwahati

Navagraha — the 9-planet temple of Assam

Ochira Parabrahma

Ochira Parabrahma Kshetra — formless-worship Shaiva temple

Omkareshwar

Lord of Om

Pazhamudircholai Murugan

6th Padai Veedu — Murugan of the ancient fruit grove

Step 1 — Desire (Ichhā) transformed to Faith

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 1

Step 10 — Delusion (Moha)

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 10

Step 11 — Lust (Kāma)

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 11

Step 12 — Malice (Asūyā)

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 12

Step 13 — Ego (Ahaṁkāra)

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 13

Step 14 — Sattva

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 14

Step 15 — Rajas

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 15

Step 16 — Tamas

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 16

Step 17 — Vidyā (Knowledge)

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 17

Step 18 — Avidyā dissolved / Mokṣa

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 18

Step 2 — Dispassion (Vairāgya)

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 2

Step 3 — Renunciation (Tyāga)

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 3

Step 4 — Dharma

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 4

Step 5 — Truth (Satya)

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 5

Step 6 — Wrath (Krodha)

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 6

Step 7 — Pride (Mada)

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 7

Step 8 — Jealousy (Mātsarya)

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 8

Step 9 — Greed (Lobha)

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 9

Palani Dandayudhapani

Third Padai Veedu; Murugan-as-renunciate with staff

Palani Murugan

Palani Murugan — 3rd of the 6 Padai Veedu

Pandi Muneeswarar

Pandi Muneeswaran — fierce Shaiva-folk protector of Madurai

Pann-Eswar Mahadev

Panna — Bundelkhandi Shaiva + diamond heritage

Parvati

The Divine Mother — Consort of Shiva

Pashupatinath

Paśupatinātha — Lord of All Creatures, Nepal's national deity

Pazhamudircholai Murugan

Sixth Padai Veedu — where Murugan as boy humbled Avvaiyar

Malai-thunginatha-eswarar

Malai-thungi-natha of Kongu Nadu — "Shiva who cradles the mountain"

Patṭīśvara of Perur

Patṭīśvara of Perur — Shiva of the five-legged calf

Rāja-Rānī Temple

11th-c. temple of the red-stone

Rameshwaram

Lord of Rameshwaram

Rameswaram Ramanātha Swāmi

Rameswaram — 11th of the 12 Jyotirlingas + Char Dham

Rudra: The Vedic Form of Shiva

Rudranāth — 3rd of the Pañca Kedar

Rudranāth — Shiva's face form

Sarasvatī + Bhīmaśaṅkara

Sarasvatī at the Bhīmaśaṅkar sacred sources

Brahmapura-eswarar / Sattanathar / Thoniappar

Sattanathar of Seerkazhi — 3 shrines in 1

Thoniappar

Thoniappar of the divine boat

Shiva

The Destroyer — Supreme Ascetic

Sivasagar

Lord of Sivasagar

Someśvar Mahādev

Someśvar — Moon-Lord Shiva of Kumaon

Somnātha of Prabhas

1st of the 12 Jyotirlingas — oldest, most-destroyed-and-rebuilt

Somnath

Lord of the Moon

Bhakta Kannappa of Kalahasti

Kannappa — the hunter-devotee

Rāhu-Ketu Pūjā at Kālahasti

Rāhu-Ketu parihara-kṣetra

Kālahasti — additional

See main kalahasti-vayu-linga

Srikalahasti

Lord of Kalahasti

Bhramaramba Srisailam

Bhramarāmbā — Śakti Pīṭha paired with Mallikarjuna

Sundareswarar

Handsome Lord; Sundara Pandya Shiva of Madurai

Suryanar Koil

Sūryanār Kōyil — Navagraha Sun-deity temple

Swāmimalai Murugan

4th Padai Veedu — where Murugan taught Shiva

Swamimalai Murugan

Fourth Padai Veedu; Murugan as his father's teacher

Brihadeeshwarar Thanjavur

Bṛhadīśvara — Chola masterpiece, UNESCO

Thingalur Chandra temple

Tingaḷūr — Navagraha Chandra (Moon) sthala

Tiruchendur Subramanya

Tiruchendūr — Second Padai Veedu of Murugan by the Bay of Bengal

Thiruchengode Ardhanariswarar

Tiruccengoḍu — Ardhanārī temple on hilltop

Annyur-natha-eswarar

Annyur-natha of Thirukanur

Amṛtaghaṭeśvara

Amṛtaghaṭeśvara of Thirukkadaiyur — Shiva who defeated Yama

Tirukkalanthar of Thirukkalavur

Tirukkalanthar — Shiva who conquered Kala (Time)

Vedagiri-eswarar (hill shrine)

Vedagiri of the Two Eagles

Veera-sthaneswarar

Veera-sthana of Thirukkandiyur

Sivalokanathar of Thirukkanur

Sivalokanathar — Shiva who opened heaven

Avinashi-appan of Thirukkaronam

Avinashi-appan — the imperishable Shiva

Vedagiriśvara

Vedagiriśvara of Thirukkazhukunram — Shiva of the Eagle Hill

Chokkanathar of Thirukkolakka

Chokkanathar — Shiva as golden Lord

Koneswarar of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka) — the 5th Pancha-Ishwaram

Koneswarar — Shiva at the sacred mountain of Sri Lanka

Prāṇanātheśvara

Prāṇanātheśvara of Thirumangalakudi

Vamadeva-eswarar of Thirumanikuzhi

Vamadeva — one of the 5 faces of Shiva

Vedaranyeswarar

Vedaranyeswarar of Vedaranyam — "the forest where Vedas hid"

Vaidyanāthar of Thirumazhapadi

Vaidyanāthar — the "divine physician" form

Thirunageswaram Rahu

Tiruṇāgeśvaram — Navagraha Rāhu sthala

Tirunakkara Mahādeva

Tirunakkara Shiva — ancient Kottayam Shaiva

Thirunallar Saneeshwaran

Tirunaḷḷār — Navagraha Śani (Saturn) sthala

Kalyāṇa-sundarar

Kalyāṇa-sundarar — Shiva of the Divine Wedding

Nambinayaki-sametha Siddinathar

Nambinayaki-Siddinathar of Thirunaraiyur

Naḍuthaṟai Nāthar (Oḍḍiyāna-Nāthar)

Siddhi-vināyaka of Thirunaraiyur (Nachiyar Koil) — Shiva shrine

Neithana-nathar of Thiruneithanam

Neithana-nathar — Shiva of the lotus-stamen

Nellai-appar

Nellai-appar of Tirunelveli — the paddy-field Shiva

Pattu-nathar of Thirupathurai

Pattu-nathar — Shiva of the silk weavers

Arul-vallar of Thirupazhamannippadikkarai

Arul-vallar — Shiva of the ancient clay river-bank

Vīḍi-vīṭangeśvara

Vīḍi-vīṭangar of Thiruppanandal — the tilted liṅga

Avinashi-natha

Avinashi-natha of Thiruppukkoliyur

Puṣpavaneśvara

Puṣpavaneśvara of Thiruppuvanam — the Flower-Forest Shiva

Punnai-vana-nathar

Punnai-vana-nathar of Thirupunavasal

Pushpavaneswarar of Thirupundhuruthi

Pushpavaneswarar — the flower-forest

Pushpavaneswarar of Thirupuvanam-b

Pushpavaneswarar — flower-forest (distinct from Thirupundhuruthi)

Thiruthanigai Murugan

5th of the 6 Padai Veedu — where Murugan married Valli

Svāminātha Subrahmaṇya of Thiruthanigai — Shiva co-shrine

Thiruthanigai Shiva (adjoining Murugan Padai Veedu)

Pāla-sama-nātheśvara

Pāla-sama-nātha of Thiruthuraipoondi

Thiruvaiyaru Panchanatheeshwara

Tiruvaiyāṟu — Shiva of the 5 rivers

Bilvāraṇyeśvara

Bilvāraṇyeśvara of Thiruvallam

Tiru-vanji-kāḷi co-shrine at Thiruvallur

Shiva of the Veeraraghava precinct — Thiruvallur

Jambukeshwar Thiruvanaikaval

Appu Liṅga — water-element

Akilandeshwari of Thiruvanaikka — the goddess-consort

Akilandeshwari (Ambal) of Jambukeshwara

Mahadevar of Thiruvanchikulam

Mahadeva of the Old Chera Capital

Tiruvañjikkalam Mahādevā

Mahādevā of Tiruvañjikkalam — Shiva of old Chera capital

Vanji-natha-eswarar

Vanji-natha of Thiruvanjiyam

Vanmikanathar / Thyagaraja

Thyagaraja of Tiruvarur — capital Shiva

Thiruvarur Thyagaraja

Tiruvārūr — great Chola Nayanar birthplace

Madhyarjuneshwarar — the middle-Arjuna Shiva

Madhyarjuneshwarar of Thiruvidaimaruthur

Thiruvegappura Sastha

Sastha (Ayyappa) of Thiruvegappura

Vedapureeswarar of Thiruvelvikudi

Vedapureeswarar — Shiva of the Vedic yajna

Thiruvenkadu Svetaranyeshwara

Tiruvenkāṭu — Navagraha Budha (Mercury) sthala

Swetaranyeswarar — white-forest Shiva; Budha parihara

Swetaranyeswarar — Budha's remission temple

Mahāliṅgeśvara

Mahāliṅgeśvara of Thiruvidaimaruthur — "central" of the three

Vaṭṭa-para-nātheśvara (Ādipurīśvara)

Ādipurīśvara of Thiruvotriyur

Nellaiappar Tirunelveli

Nellaiappar — Lord of the paddy-fence

Tirupparankundram Murugan Temple

Tirupparankundram — First of the Six Abodes (Āṟupāḍai Vīḍu)

Tiruttani Murugan

Fifth Padai Veedu — where Murugan married Valli

Tiruvannamalai Annamalaiyar

Aruṇāchaleśvara — Agni Liṅga + Tevaram

Tiruvannamalai

Lord of Fire

Vedapureeswarar of Thiruvedhikudi

Vedapureeswarar — Shiva of the Vedic scholars

Trimbakeśvar — see main

See main nashik-trimbakeshwar-panchvati

Trimbakeshwar

Trambakeśvara — Tenth Jyotirlinga, source of Godavari

Tungnāth Mahādev — world's highest Shiva temple

Tungnāth — 2nd of the Panch Kedar, 3,680m altitude

Vadakkunnathan Thrissur

Vaṭakkunnāthan — 8th c. Kerala-style Shiva temple, first of 108 Kerala Shaiva

Vadakkunnathan

Lord of the North

Vaidyanath Deoghar

Baidyanātha — Jyotirlinga of Jharkhand

Vaikom Mahadeva

Vaikkatṭ-appan — Kerala-style Shiva with Vaikom Ashtami

Vaitheeswaran Koyil Angaraka

Vaidyanātha — Navagraha Aṅgāraka (Mars) + healing-Shiva

Vaidyanātha of Vaidhīśvaran Koyil

Vaidyanātha — Shiva the divine physician

Vaḷḷi Nāyakī — Pazhaṇī

Vaḷḷi — Murugan's second consort

Varanasi Temples

City of Temples

Jageshwar

Lord of Jageshwar

Nageshwar Dwarka

Nāgeśvara — Jyotirlinga near Dwarka

Thirunakkara Mahadeva

Tirunakkara — Kottayam royal temple

Trayambakam

Lord of Three Worlds

Umananda

Lord of Umananda

Nandi

Puja Vidhi: The Complete Worship Procedure

Ganapatya (Ganesha Worship)

Ganapatya Dharma

Kaumaram (Kartikeya Worship)

Kaumara Dharma

Lingayatism (Veerashaivism)

Lingayata Dharma / Veerashaiva Dharma

Nath Tradition (Yogi Order)

Nath Sampradaya

Shaivism

Shaiva Dharma

Chidambaram — Thillai Nataraja

The Cosmic Dance — Chidambaram's Hall of Consciousness

12 Jyotirlings — Shiva's Radiant Forms

Jyotirlinga — The 12 Sacred Lingams of Light

Kailasa Temple — Ellora Cave 16

The Monolithic Mountain — Śiva's Himalayan Abode Carved from Stone

Kashi Vishwanath — Lord Shiva's Sacred Jyotirling in Varanasi

Kashi Vishwanath — The Golden Temple of Lord Shiva

Kumbakonam — Muthuswami Dikshitar's Temple Cities

Kumbakonam — The City of Ancient Temples and Carnatic Trinity

Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai

The Fish-Eyed Goddess — Living Heart of Madurai

Meenakshi Temple, Madurai

The Fish-Eyed Goddess of Madurai

Pañca-Bhūta Sthalas — the 5 element-temples

Pañca-Bhūta — Ether, Air, Fire, Water, Earth

Ramanathaswamy Temple — Rameswaram

Rāmanāthasvāmī — where Rāma worshipped Śiva

Shore Temple — Mamallapuram

The Temple by the Sea — Pallava Granite at the Edge of the Bay

Somnath Temple

Lord of the Moon — The Eternal Shrine of Saurashtra

Madhava Vidyaranya — Sringeri Sharada Peetham

Sringeri — The Sharda Peetham of Adi Shankaracharya

Tiruvaiyaru — Tyagaraja Aradhana and the Carnatic Trinity

Tiruvaiyaru — Saint Tyagaraja's Final Resting Place

Virupaksha Temple — Hampi

Virūpākṣa — The Unblinking Eye of Śiva at Vijayanagara