Omkareshwar Temple

According to legend, Narad (son of Brahma), once visited the Vindhya parvat and told him that the Meru parvat was larger. This made Vindhya parvat jealous. Out of determination to be taller than Meru, Vindhya parvat began praying to the Lord Shiva to bless him and make him taller. As a result Lord Shiva was pleased and blessed him with his desired boon.on a request from all the gods, Lord Shiva divided the linga into two parts, one in Omkareshwar and the other in Amareshwar. He granted Vindhya parvat his boon that he would never stop growing but in return Vindhya should not cause any problems for the people. But Vindhya dishonoured his promise. He soon obstructed even the sun and the moon. All deities approached sage Agastya for help.Sage Agastya and his wife made Vindhya promise that he would not grow unltil they returned. Vindhya agreed. The Sage and his wife left and they never returned. The sage and his wife stayed in Srisailam which is regarded as Dakshina Kashi and one of the Dwadash Jyotirlinga.