Mrityunjaya Pardeshwar Temple (Mercury Shivlinga), Parbhani
Pardeshwar Temple is built of marble by Sri Swami Sachchidandji Saraswati. The huge temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva with 80 foot of height. The uniqueness of the temple is that main shrine Shivlinga is made of 250 kg of Parad (Mercury) and one of the largest Shivlinga of India. This Shivlinga made of Parad is called as Tejoling and has equal religious importance of Twelve Jyotirlinga.
How to Reach:
By Air
Pardeshwar Temple is situated in Parbhani City. The nearest Air port to Parbhani is Nanded. Nanded is 70 k.m. from Parbhani.
By Train
Parbhani railway station is a junction situated on Secunderabad-Manmad section of South Central Railway Zone. Parbhani is connected through rail way to major cities of Maharashtra, such as Aurangabad, Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune and Ajmer. It is also connected to other Indian cities like New Delhi, Ajmer, Hyderabad, Nizamabad, Visakhapatnam and Chennai.
By Road
National Highway, which connects the states Telangana and Maharashtra, passes through the town, which makes it have connectivity to Mumbai and Hyderabad. These highways open further connectivity options for Parbhani, making it to connect with north-eastern cities of Indore, Jhansi, Agra and North-Southern cities like Varanasi, Nagpur, Adilabad, Nizamabad, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Kanyakumari. Parbhani connected to other states like Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. There are multiple daily buses of MSRTC Parbhani Division between Parbhani to other metropolitan cities within Maharashtra.