Which text(s) describe Garuda losing four drops of amrita - while flying over the four places where the faithful celebrate Kumbha-Melas (Haridwar, Prayaga, Nashik, Ujjain)?
"While several ancient texts, including the various
Puranas, mention the
samdura manthan legend, none of them mentions spilling of the amrita at four places.
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Neither do these texts mention the Kumbh Mela. Therefore, multiple
scholars, including R. B. Bhattacharya, D. P. Dubey and Kama Maclean
believe that the
samudra manthan legend has been applied to the Kumbh Mela relatively recently, in order to show scriptural authority for it."