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Kumbh Mela

The great bathing fair rotating between four river cities, explained by the story that drops of the churning's nectar fell at each. The carrier of the pot is named variously as Mohini, Dhanvantari, Garuda or Indra; the official festival site tells the four-drops story as fact.

Sources: Kumbh Mela — Wikipedia; Mythological significance — kumbh.gov.in (official festival site); Samudra Manthana — Wikipedia · see Kumbh Mela's web

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Kumbh Mela festival of

Vishnu (God) All traditions · The churning of the ocean of milk
As Mohini, the carrier of the pot in one telling; four cities where drops fell (contested, late).

Stories 1

The churning of the ocean of milk
Legend · 3 tellings

Cited

Kumbh Mela — Wikipedia Encyclopedia
Mythological significance — kumbh.gov.in (official festival site) Temple tradition
Samudra Manthana — Wikipedia Encyclopedia