Legendary criticalness of Kumbh rotates around the tale of the Samudra Manthan or sea stirring which was finished by the divine beings and evil presences to get the priceless rates or the gems and Amrita or the nectar of interminability. The mountain Mandrachala wind up an agitating stick and the Nagaraja Vasuki went about as the rope. The story is emblematic of the stirring of our psyches to go further into ourselves from where all forces and favorable things emerge, in the long run prompting freedom or interminability.
The first to rise in this stirring was a venomous toxin which was devoured by Lord Shiva who after drinking this toxic substance came to be called as the Nilkantha.

The beating proceeds and developed Kamdhenu, the Uccaishrava Jayanta, the child of Lord Indra, getting a quick look at the amrita kalasa or the pot loaded with nectar, grabbed it from the hands of God Dhanvantari. Seeing this, Lord Shukracharya, the Guru of devils cautioned and evil spirits pursued Jayanta. As per the perfect tallying multi-day of Gods is equivalent to the multi-year of mortal creatures and the Jayanta continued running for 12 days to keep away from Amrit kalasha to fall in the hands of evil spirits.
The four spots where Jayanta had put down the Amrit kalasha in these twelve years were Haridwar, Prayag, Nashik-Trimbakeshwar, and Ujjain, and at these four spots around then the sun, moon, and planets had achieved the special mysterious arrangement, amid which are Kumbh Mela is held at these spots. The nectar pot was spared from the evil spirits by God Brihaspati with the assistance of Sun, his child Lord Shani, and Moon who spared the nectar Kumbh from getting harmed. It is trusted that these drops gave enchanted forces to these spots. It is to make oneself pick up on those forces that Kumbh Mela has been praised in every one of the four spots since long as one can recollect.
The typical Kumbh Mela is held like clockwork, the Ardh (half) Kumbh Mela is held at regular intervals at Haridwar and Allahabad (Prayag) while the Purna (finish) Kumbh Mela happens like clockwork, at four spots Prayag (Allahabad), Haridwar, Ujjain, and Nashik, in view of planetary developments. The Kumbh Festival, a human gathering of otherworldliness is held at Nashik-Trimbakeshwar, Prayag (Allahabad), Haridwar and Ujjain. Ardh Kumbh is held at Prayag and Haridwar after every six years. The Kumbh Fair is held at the banks of hallowed waterways at regular intervals.
At Nashik – Trimabkeshwar it is held at the banks of waterway Godavari. At Prayag, it is held at Sangam, the intersection of the waterways Ganga-Yamuna and the undetectable Saraswati, at the banks of Ganga at Haridwar and at the banks of Kshipra at Ujjain. It is set apart by the way that a large number of individuals take an interest in this extraordinary reasonable with no summons, call, notice or welcome.
Nashik is accepted to be the piece of Dandakaranya, where Lord Rama lived amid his outcast. Trimbakeshwar is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas. The consecrated waterway Godavari starts here on Bramhagiri slopes. Trimbakeshwar is having Samadhi of Shri Sant Nivruttinath who should be the originator of Nath Sampradaya.
This Kumbh is extraordinary as Vaishnav Akhadas and Shaiva Akhadas which shower together at Prayag, Haridwar, and Ujjain, showers independently here. Because of courses of action made by the Peshwas because of conflicts between the religious austerity of the two orders, Vaishnava Akhadas showers at Nashik and Shaiva or Sanyasis, Udasin Akhadas showers at Trimbakeshwar.