Baba Baidyanath Temple in Deoghar, Jharkhand, is revered as one of Shiva’s twelve Jyotirlingas. It is a major pilgrimage center, especially during Shravan, when devotees carry sacred water from Sultanganj to offer to the deity. Sthala mahatmyam: According to tradition, Ravana received a linga from Shiva to take to Lanka, on the condition that he must not place it on the ground during the journey. When the linga was set down at Deoghar, it became permanently rooted there. Anot