Bhimashankar Bhimashankar Temple is a Jyotirlinga shrine located 50 km Khed taluka (alias Rajgurunagar), near Pune , in Maharashtra, India . It is located 127 km from Shivajinagar (in Pune) in the Ghat region of the Sahyadri Mountains . Bhīmāshankar is also the source of the river Bhima , which flows southeast and merges with the Krishna river near Raichur . The other Jyotirlinga shrines in Maharashtra are Trimbakeshwar near Nashik and Grishneshwar . History: Although the present structure of the temple appears to be of comparatively recent origin, the shrine Bhimashankaram (and the Bhimarathi river) have been referred to in literature dating back to the 13th century. Built...