The Grishneshwar Jyotirlinga Temple is one of the ancient and holiest
shrines of India. This temple is the holy abode of one of the 12
jyotirlinga of Lord Shiva. The temple is located at a distance of 11km
from Daulatabad near Aurangabad in Maharashtra. Daulatabad was once
known as Devagiri. Ahilyabhai Holkar constructed the Grishneshwar
Temple, who also re-constructed the Kasi Viswanatha temple at Banaras
and the Vishnu Paada temple at Gaya. Grishneshwar is also known as
Ghushmeswara. The Lord is also known by several names like Kusumeswarar,
Ghushmeswara, etc. The famous Ajanta and Elora caves are the famous tourist spots nearby the temple. According to legend, a devotee called Kusuma worshiped Lord Shiva by immersing a Shivalingam everyday in a nearby tank. Kusuma's husband's first wife out of jealousy because of Kusuma's piety in the society killed her son. An aggrieved Kusuma continued her daily ritual and when she dipped the Shivlingam in the tank her son miraculously revived. From then on the people started worshiping Lord Shiva in the form of a Jyotirlinga Ghusmeshwar.