The shrine

Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga

Last verified: 5 October 2026

Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga is the Shiva shrine on Mandhata island in the Narmada, in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh. The Shri Omkareshwar Mandir Trust calls it the fourth of the twelve Jyotirlingas and places it about 77 km from Indore. Mamleshwar, on the south bank, is worshipped with it.

Deity

Shiva, worshipped here as Omkareshwar

Place

Mandhata island, Narmada river, Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, PIN 450554

Named by the trust

Fourth among the twelve Jyotirlingas

Paired shrine

Mamleshwar, also called Amareshwar, on the south bank

Texts named by the trust

Skanda Purana, Shiva Purana and Vayu Purana

What “Jyotirlinga” means on this island

A Jyotirlinga is a shrine where Shiva is worshipped as a self-manifest column of light. India has a received list of twelve. The trust’s own homepage says Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga is the fourth, on the northern bank of the Narmada, and the only one of the twelve along that northern shore. This website repeats that claim as the trust’s statement. It is a religious identification, not a surveyor’s measurement.

The island is Mandhata. Madhya Pradesh Tourism also calls it Omkar Parvat, and says the island’s outline is compared with the syllable Om. That shape is why the town, the hill and the linga share one name. People sometimes shorten it to Omkar Mandhata temple. They are talking about this shrine, not a second Jyotirlinga a street away.

Omkareshwar and Mamleshwar are one yatra

Madhya Pradesh Tourism says Mamleshwar, or Amreshwar, stands on the mainland south of the Narmada, and that legend treats Mamleshwar and Omkareshwar as manifestations of the same presence. Devotees cross between them. The trust’s FAQ lists the Jyotirlinga, Mamleshwar, the sangam and the parikrama as the places to see. If a plan visits only one door, it is still this yatra, but it is the shorter version.

Same name, different cities

Pune has a Shiva temple called Omkareshwar. So do other towns. None of those is this island. The Jyotirlinga in this guide is the one whose trust address is Omkareshwar, District Khandwa, PIN 450554, and whose site is https://shriomkareshwar.org/. Ujjain’s Mahakaleshwar is a different Jyotirlinga. The trust’s FAQ puts Ujjain 140 km away.

What the trust says Shiva does here

The trust writes that it is believed Shiva rests here after moving through the three worlds, and that this is why the temple keeps a shayan, a ritual of rest, with shayan darshan. Read that as the temple’s theology. The hour of that darshan is a timetable question, answered on the timings page, because the trust’s own pages do not all print the same evening clock.