12 Jyotirlinga Tour Package: All Twelve in One Yatra

The twelve Jyotirlingas are the most sacred shrines of Lord Shiva, each believed to be a place where he appeared as a column of light. They are Somnath, Mallikarjuna, Mahakaleshwar, Omkareshwar, Kedarnath, Bhimashankar, Kashi Vishwanath, Trimbakeshwar, Vaidyanath, Nageshwar, Rameshwaram and Grishneshwar. Visiting all of them is a lifelong wish for many devotees.

They are spread across Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, so planning them alone means dozens of trains, hotels and transfers. In a group yatra, that work is done for you and you can focus on darshan.

The route runs roughly west to north to east to south and back: Gujarat first, then Ujjain and Omkareshwar, up to Haridwar and Kedarnath, across to Varanasi and Deoghar, down to Rameshwaram, and finally the Maharashtra shrines and Srisailam. Along the way you also see Dwarka, the Ganga aarti at Haridwar and Varanasi, and the Meenakshi temple in Madurai.

Kedarnath is only open for part of the year, usually from around late April or May to around October or November, so group dates are fixed around it.

Is This Yatra Right for You?

It is long and involves overnight trains and a mountain trek to Kedarnath. Pilgrims in reasonable health manage it well; ponies, palkis and, where operating, helicopter services can help at Kedarnath. For a shorter northern pilgrimage, look at the Vaishno Devi with 9 Devi temple tour.