Sandhyaji kindly edit the above post. I have posted it wrongly. Now I have edited it. Some temples in the above list are not joytirlinga but they are lord shiva temples.

How is the Jyotirlinga temple different from the normal Lord Shiva's temple? From the other post I could understand that Lord Shiva is worshiped in the form of light. So, does it mean that they do not keep the normal shivalinga idol in Jyotirlinga temple?

Actually many Lord Shiva temple has mythological background. Thus they are more famous and considered as very powerful, having some supernatural power.
Other temples were just built by the people or by the government for religious purpose.

But that doesn't answer my question of how a Jyotirlinga temple is different from a normal Lord Shiva's temple?

Sandhyaji kindly edit the above post. I have posted it wrongly. Now I have edited it. Some temples in the above list are not joytirlinga but they are lord shiva temples.

How is the Jyotirlinga temple different from the normal Lord Shiva's temple? From the other post I could understand that Lord Shiva is worshiped in the form of light. So, does it mean that they do not keep the normal shivalinga idol in Jyotirlinga temple?

Actually many Lord Shiva temple has mythological background. Thus they are more famous and considered as very powerful, having some supernatural power.
Other temples were just built by the people or by the government for religious purpose.

But that doesn't answer my question of how a Jyotirlinga temple is different from a normal Lord Shiva's temple?

Jabeen, it is different in the sense Jyothirlinga is supposed to look like a column of fire after a person becomes wiser or attains a certain amount of stature as a relgious believer...Jyothi means light.This is just a matter of faith and belief ,actually there is nothing to distinguish it from other Shiva lingas and when people claim to see light in a Jyothirlings you have no way of either agreeing or disagreeing ...

Sandhyaji kindly edit the above post. I have posted it wrongly. Now I have edited it. Some temples in the above list are not joytirlinga but they are lord shiva temples.

How is the Jyotirlinga temple different from the normal Lord Shiva's temple? From the other post I could understand that Lord Shiva is worshiped in the form of light. So, does it mean that they do not keep the normal shivalinga idol in Jyotirlinga temple?

Actually many Lord Shiva temple has mythological background. Thus they are more famous and considered as very powerful, having some supernatural power.
Other temples were just built by the people or by the government for religious purpose.

But that doesn't answer my question of how a Jyotirlinga temple is different from a normal Lord Shiva's temple?

Jabeen, it is different in the sense Jyothirlinga is supposed to look like a column of fire after a person becomes wiser or attains a certain amount of stature as a relgious believer...Jyothi means light.This is just a matter of faith and belief ,actually there is nothing to distinguish it from other Shiva lingas and when people claim to see light in a Jyothirlings you have no way of either agreeing or disagreeing ...

So, it means structurally there is no difference between a normal Lord Shiva's temple and Jyotirlinga and is only based on the claim of some believers.I wonder if there are certain procedure that is followed before a Lord Shiva's temple is declared as Jyotirlinga?

Friends I stay near by the Ganges. There is 12 lord shiva temple but they are not jyotirlinga. Very few people go there and worship lord Shiva. However it is neither famous nor popular because it is not jyotirlinga.