The Samudra Manthana is one of the best-known episodes in the Hindu philosophy narrated in the Bhagavata Purana, in the Mahabharata and in the Vishnu Purana. The Samudra Manthana explains the origin of Amrita, the nectar of immortality and the omnipotent god of destruction Shiva drank the vish.

Where did Samudra Manthan took place?

Samudra Manthan took place in Kshira Samudra (Milky Ocean). Where is the Milky Ocean located? To everyone's dismay, it could be the Kataka (Cuttack) Water Encirclement, upon the Mahanadi River. It is a broad water band that surrounds the Cuttack Peninsula forming the inland-end of Mahanadi Delta.