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High medieval · Hindu · India

Bhimeswar Dham

Pamohi, Guwahati, Kamrup Metropolitan district, Assam · 26.0971°, 91.6960°

Shiva (Bhimashankar)Undetermined
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined

History & significance

A Shiva shrine on Dakini Hill about 13 km from Guwahati where a hill stream runs continuously over the lingam; devotees hold it to be one of the twelve Jyotirlingas, an identification scholars dispute. Maha Shivaratri is its principal observance.

Sthala katha — the legend

The Shiva Purana account told here has Shiva destroying the demon Bhimasura when he attacked King Priyadharman at worship, the stream over the lingam being Shiva's perspiration from that fight.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined