Grushneshwar Jyotirlinga is a Hindu temple of Shiva in Verul village of Aurangabad district, Maharashtra, India.

[2][3][4] The mandir is a national protected site, one and a half kilometers away from the Ellora Caves, 30 kilometres (19 miles) north-west of the city Aurangabad, and 300 kilometres (190 miles) east-northeast far from Mumbai.

Maloji Bhosale grandfather of Shivaji first restored it in 16th century and rebuilt to its current form in the year 1729 under the sponsorship of queen Gautama Bai Holkar of Indore, after the fall of the Mughal Empire.

[6][8][9] It is presently an important and active pilgrimage site of the Hindus and attracts long lines of devotees daily.

[citation needed] This story about the Grushneshwar jyotirlinga is described in the Puranas- in the south country, there lived a very bright ascetic Brahmin named Sudharma near Devgiri Mountain.

Every day, one hundred and one earthly Shivalinga was made and worshiped with true devotion to the heart.

Shiva caused a very beautiful and healthy child was born from her womb a few days later.

Finally one day Sudeha killed Ghushma's young son while sleeping at night.

She took his body and threw it in the same pond in which Ghushma used to immerse the earthly Shivalingas every day.

Due to the worship of Sati Shiva devotee Ghushma, he became known here as Ghushmeshwar Mahadev.

The Grushneshwar Jyotirlinga Mandir is built with black stone on 44,000 sq ft area, it have lots of sculptures, fine designs on its interior and exterior walls.