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High medieval · Hindu · India

Ghuisarnath Temple

Lalganj Ajhara, Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh · 25.9606°, 81.6777°

Shiva as GhushmeshwarnathUndetermined
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined

History & significance

A Shaiva temple on the bank of the Sai river in Pratapgarh district, about 45 km from the district town, which its devotees identify with the Ghushmeshwar jyotirlinga named in the Koti Rudra Samhita of the Shiva Purana.

Sthala katha — the legend

The Shiva Purana tells of Ghushma, who made and immersed a hundred and one lingas daily; when her jealous sister-in-law killed her son and Shiva restored him, the god stayed on as a jyotirlinga bearing her name.

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Sources

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