Trimbakeshwar one of the holy places of India. Trimbakeshwar is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas of Hindu's. The following verse shall explain the importance of this sacred place and the next one gives names of the Twelve Jyotirlingas in India.

This says that anybody who visits Tryambakeshwar attains salvation. There is no sacred place like Tryambakeshwar, no river like Godavari, no mountain like Brahmagiri etc. The reasons for its being so sacred are - Godavari river originates in this place, its a place of Tri-Sandhya Gayatri, the birth place of Lord Ganesha, a place of the first Nath of Nath Sampradaya consisting of Gorakhnath and others, a place where Nivrittinath was made to imbibe the holy knowledge by his Guru Gahininath, a place where Nivrittinath made his brothers and sister attain the self by his preaching. This is the holiest place to perform Shraddha ceremony. Nirnaya Sindhu - a religious book of Hindus, mentions that this place, where Sahyadri mountain and Godavari river exist is very purifying on the whole earth and is therefore very important for performing Shraddha ceremony. The Daily Puja is performed 4 times a day. The Peshwas had assigned three priest's to take care of the temple. Each was appointed for performing puja three times a day. And their present clan is still going strong, performing their daily duties without any hassles. Madhukar Ambadas Dashputre, is the fifth generation of the family of priest's, which performed the main puja of the deity at dawn. He has been doing his duty as long as he remembers. The fourth Puja is done by ARADHI family. Rangnath Daji Aradhi, is continuing the Puja from there forefathers.

Centuries ago the God and Goddesses used to alight and roam about on this beautiful land. They saved the sages and people living here from various difficulties, especially from the demons who were a nuisance. The Gods decided to fight these demons and hence started a heavy battle with them. And it was in this battle that both the parties suffered heavy losses. To avoid this loss, a decision was taken that whoever captures the Amritakumbha (immortal nectar) that lay at the bottom of the sea wins the battle. The Gods were successful in their attempt to get this nectar by playing a trick on the demons. When they (the demons) came to know of this, they demanded another battle. The Gods put down this nectar at four places - Haridwar, Prayag (now Allahabad), Ujjain and Trimbakeshwar. The time was when the planet Guru entered the hemisphere of the Simha (Leo). And as this same planet enters the hemisphere once in 12 years, the Kumbh Mela is celebrated after a gap of 12 years in the respective areas.

At the time of the marriage of Lord Shiva with Parvati, all the Devarshis gathered together. Brahmadev, the creator of the Universe, seeing the beauty of Parvati, had a discharge of semen. Lord Shiva observing this, offered him water of Ganges, the purest water and said, "You will wipe off your sin by this water". Brahmadev kept the holy water in his kamandalu (a particular container made out of dried fruit carried by Sadhus) and was purified by its bath.

Kushavarta is called as Teertharaj, since it has six corners. After finishing the tirtha-yatra at Kushavarta, a pilgrim should proceed by the northern bank of Godavari and visit Nilsangameshwar, Vivah Vinayak, Satya Narayan, Dhaneshwar Mahadev, Tarangeshwar, Setupaleshwar etc.