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* Ancient monuments in Ujjain
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed* Pashupathinath temple
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed* Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed1. ↑Karkar, S.C. (2009). _The Top Ten Temple Towns of India_. Kolkota: Mark Age Publication. p.124. ISBN978-81-87952-12-1.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed2. ↑Mahakaleshwar temple web-page 24 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine_better source needed_
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗ Additional / archive link ↗3. ↑"Ujjain temple".
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗4. ↑"उज्जैन में एक नहीं, दो-दो शक्तिपीठ: एक हरसिद्धि, दूसरा अवंतिका देवी | Avantika Devi Shaktipeeth is set in the Mahakal temple". _Patrika News_. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
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Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed6. ↑Eck 1999, p. 107
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed7. ↑See: Gwynne 2008, Section on Char Dham
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed8. 1Lochtefeld 2002, pp. 324-325
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed9. ↑Harding 1998, pp. 158-158
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed10. ↑Vivekananda Vol. 4
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed11. ↑_The Upanishads_. Vol.I. Translated by F. Max Muller. Kessinger. 1 June 2004. ISBN1419186418.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed12. ↑_The Upanishads Part II: The Sacred Books of the East Part Fifteen_. Translated by F. Max Muller. Kessinger. 26 July 2004. ISBN1417930160.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed13. ↑"Kottiyoor Devaswam Temple Administration Portal". Kottiyoor Devaswam. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗14. ↑Page 67, South Indian Hindu festivals and traditions, By Maithily Jagannathan, Published 2005, Abhinav Publications, ISBN81-7017-415-5
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed15. ↑Subramani, Dr.Vijaya (September 2018). "Ujjain, a brilliant sliver of heaven on earth". _Tattvaloka_. **XLI** (6). Sringeri: Sri Abhinava Vidyatheertha Mahaswamigal Educational Trust. ISSN0970-8901.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗16. 1Abram, David (2003). _Rough guide to India_. Rough Guides. p.447. ISBN9781843530893.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗17. 1Reddy, Krishna (2007). _Indian History for Civil Services_ (3rd ed.). Tata McGraw-Hill. p.B119. ISBN9780070635777.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗18. 1Mahajan, Vidya Dhar (1965). _Muslim rule in India_. S Chand & Co. p.80.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗19. ↑Archaeological Survey of India. "CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. 4676 2018 - Section 1.2 - RELIGIOUS AND HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE". Supreme Court of India. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
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Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗ Additional / archive link ↗21. ↑"Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga Temple in Ujjain". _MP Tourism_. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
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Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗23. ↑"Shree Mahakaleshwar".
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗* _Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend_, ISBN0-500-51088-1, by Anna Dhallapiccola
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed* Chaturvedi, B. K. (2006), _Shiv Purana_ (First ed.), New Delhi: Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd, ISBN81-7182-721-7
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗* Eck, Diana L. (1999), _Banaras, city of light_ (First ed.), New York: Columbia University Press, ISBN0-231-11447-8
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗* Gwynne, Paul (2009), _World Religions in Practice: A Comparative Introduction_, Oxford: Blackwell Publication, ISBN978-1-4051-6702-4.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗* Harding, Elizabeth U. (1998). "God, the Father". _Kali: The Black Goddess of Dakshineswar_. Motilal Banarsidass. pp.156–157. ISBN978-81-208-1450-9.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed* Lochtefeld, James G. (2002), _The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism: A–M_, Rosen Publishing Group, p.122, ISBN0-8239-3179-X
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗* R., Venugopalam (2003), _Meditation: Any Time Any Where_ (First ed.), Delhi: B. Jain Publishers (P) Ltd., ISBN81-8056-373-1
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗* Vivekananda, Swami. "The Paris Congress of the History of Religions". _The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda_. Vol.4.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗* Official website
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗* Online Ujjain Guide
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗* Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga Temple in Ujjain
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