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.
Getting there and Around
By Air - Nearest airport is Aurangabad.
By Rail - Aurangabad is d irectly connected by rail with Bombay, Manmad, Nasik Road, Kalyan, Secunderabad (Hyderabad) and with other cities via Manmad.
By Road - Aurangabad
is well connected by good motorable road with Ajanta 106
kms, Bombay 392 kms, Ellora 30 kms, Nanded 272 kms, Nasik 221 kms, Pune
229 kms Shirdi 136 kms and other important cities.
By Rail : Aurangabad is directly connected by rail with Bombay, Manmad, Nasik
Road, Kalyan, Secunderabad (Hyderabad) and with other cities via Manmad.
