The Bhimashankar Temple is a Jyotirlinga shrine located in Maharashtra , India, 50 km from Khed taluka (alias), near Pune. It is situated 127 km from Shivajinagar (in Pune) in the Ghat area of the Sahyadri Mountains. It is one of the twelve traditional Lord Shiva’s ‘Jyotilingam’ shrines in India. Because of the jyotirlinga it is considered one of the holiest places in India.