ares h war ▁in ▁K hand wa ▁in ▁Mad h ya ▁Pr adesh , ▁K ed arn ath ▁in ▁H imal ay as , ▁in ▁U tt rak hand ▁state , ▁Bh im ash ank ar ▁in ▁Mah ar as ht ra , ▁Vis wan ath ▁at ▁Var an asi ▁in ▁U tt ar ▁Pr adesh , ▁Tri amb akes h war ▁near ▁Nash ik ▁in ▁Mah ar as ht ra , ▁Va id yan ath ▁J y ot ir ling a , ▁De og ar h ▁in ▁J h ark hand , ▁N ages war ▁at ▁D w ark a ▁in ▁Gu jar at , ▁R ames h war ▁at ▁R ames war am ▁in ▁T amil ▁N adu ▁and ▁Gr ish nes h war ▁near ▁Aur ang abad , ▁Mah ar as ht ra ▁in ▁Mah ar as ht ra . ▁ ▁Leg ends ▁and ▁history ▁ ▁As ▁per ▁H indu ▁legend , ▁V ind ya , ▁the ▁de ity ▁cont rolling ▁the ▁V ind y ach al ▁mountain ▁range ▁was ▁wor sh ipping ▁Sh iva ▁to ▁prop iti ate ▁himself ▁from ▁the ▁s ins ▁committed . ▁He ▁created ▁a ▁sacred ▁geomet rical ▁diagram ▁and ▁a ▁L ing am ▁made ▁of ▁sand ▁and ▁cl ay . ▁Sh iva ▁was ▁pleased ▁with ▁the ▁worship ▁and ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁appeared ▁in ▁two ▁forms , ▁namely ▁O mk ares h war ▁and ▁Am ales w ara . ▁Since ▁the ▁mud ▁m ound ▁appeared ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁Om , ▁the ▁island ▁came ▁to ▁be