Haridwar is viewed as one of the seven holiest spots (Sapta Puri) to Hindus. As indicated by the Samudra Manthan, Haridwar alongside Ujjain, Nashik, and Prayag (Allahabad) is one of four locales where drops of Amrit, the solution of everlasting status, inadvertently overflowed from the pitcher while being conveyed by the divine flying creature Garuda. This is showed in the Kumbha Mela, which is commended at regular intervals in Haridwar.