Omkareshwar Temple

Omkareshwar Temple
Omkareshwar Temple
Omkareshwar Jyothirlinga
	Omkareshwar Mahadev Temple in Mandhata near Khandwa city in Khandwa district, M.P
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	Khandwa district
Deity	Shiva
Location
Location	Mandhata, near Khandwa city, M.P
State	Madhya Pradesh
Country	India
	Location in Madhya Pradesh
Geographic coordinates	22°14′44.1″N 76°09′03.8″E / 22.245583°N 76.151056°E
Website
	www.shriomkareshwar.org

Omkareshwar Temple (IAST: Ōṃkārēśvar) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva, located in Mandhata, nearby Khandwa city in Khandwa district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is one of the 12 revered Jyotirlinga shrines of Shiva.^[1] It is on an island called Mandhata, near Khandwa city in the Narmada River at Khandwa district in Madhya Pradesh, India; the shape of the island is said to be like the Devanagari ॐ symbol.

There are two main temples of Shiva here, one to Omkareshwar (whose name means "Lord of Omkara or the Lord of the Om sound") located in the island and one to Mamleshwar (Amaleshwar) (whose name means "Immortal Lord" or "lord of the Immortals or Devas") located on the southern bank of the Narmada River on the mainland.

Madhya Pradesh has two Jyotirlingas, the second one, Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga, is situated about 140 km north of Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga.

^ Dasa pratinidhi kahāniyām̐: Aśoka Agravāla (in Hindi). Kitāba Ghara. 1993. ISBN 978-81-7016-231-5.

[1] Dasa pratinidhi kahāniyām̐: Aśoka Agravāla (in Hindi). Kitāba Ghara. 1993. ISBN 978-81-7016-231-5.

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