Kedarnath is one of the 12 Jyotirlingas.

A Jyotirlinga or Jyotirlingam, is a devotional representation of the Hindu god Shiva. The word is a Sanskrit compound of jyotis 'radiance' and linga. There are twelve traditional Jyotirlinga shrines in India.

The 12 Jyotirlingas are :-

Somnath in Gir Somnath, Gujarat

Mallikarjuna in Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh

Mahakaleswar in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh

Omkareshwar in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh

Kedarnath in Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand

Bhimashankar in Pune, Maharashtra

Vishwanath in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

Trimbakeshwar in Nashik, Maharashtra

Baidyanath in Deoghar, Jharkhand

Nageshwara in Dwarka, Gujarat

Ramanathaswamy in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu

Grishneshwar in Aurangabad, Maharashtra