📍 Temple📍 Pilgrimage📍 Heritage

Grishneshwar Jyotirlinga Temple

Ellora, Maharashtra, India

4.5 (0)

Overview

The 12th and last Jyotirlinga, a red-stone Shiva temple rebuilt by Ahilyabai Holkar beside the Ellora caves.

Why visit: Complete the Jyotirlinga circuit at Ellora's doorstep.

Things to do

›Jyotirlinga darshan
›Holkar architecture
›Shikhara carvings
›Ellora pairing

DarshanHeritage Walk

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Travel Information

Best time

Nov–Feb; Shivratri

Entry fee

Free

Est. budget

₹100–300

Duration

1 hr

Nearby attractions

Within

1 km

📍 Cave

4.9

Ellora Caves

Aurangabad, Maharashtra

34 UNESCO cave-temples of three faiths side by side, crowned by Kailasa — the largest monolithic structure on earth, an entire temple carved downward from one rock.

Nov–Feb (closed Tue)Full dayExplore

10.2 km

📍 Fort

4.5

Daulatabad (Devagiri) Fort

Aurangabad, Maharashtra

The 12th-century conical hill-fortress once briefly India's capital under Tughlaq — moats, dark spiral passages and the Chand Minar tower.

Nov–FebHalf dayExplore

19.2 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Cave

4.1

Aurangabad Caves & Panchakki

Aurangabad, Maharashtra

Twelve quieter Buddhist caves in the hills above the city, plus the 17th-century water-mill garden of Panchakki below.

Nov–FebHalf dayExplore

20.7 km

📍 Heritage

4.4

Bibi Ka Maqbara

Aurangabad, Maharashtra

The 'Taj of the Deccan' — Aurangzeb's son's 1668 marble-and-stucco mausoleum for his mother, mirroring Agra on a Deccan budget.

Nov–Feb1–2 hrsExplore