Measures will be taken to ensure cleanliness for the Simhastha Kumbh Mela at Nashik: Minister
Nashik, Aug 2 (UNI) State Environment Minister Pankaja Munde today said that preparations will begin for the Simhastha Kumbh Mela to be held at Nashik-Trimbakeshwar, and measures will be taken for ensuring cleanliness for the lakhs expected to converge there.
Earlier, the Minister had a spiritual darshan of Lord Trimbakeshwar and performed pooja of Trimbakraja on the occasion of Shravan month. Trimbakeshwar is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas in the country.
Interacting with the media, she said, 'In the coming time, a Simhastha Kumbh will be held at Nashik-Trimbakeshwar. A lot of people will come here during the Kumbh Mela. Therefore, sustainable measures should be taken for cleanliness. The water where the sadhus and mahants will take a dip should be clean. In 2014, when I was a minister, the Kumbh Mela was also held. Now I have become a minister again and am holding the Kumbh Mela again,' she said.
Pankaja Munde performed the groundbreaking ceremony of the Swasamvedya Sadhana Peeth of Tulshiram Gutte Maharaj, the president of Siddhivinayak Manav Kalyan Mission, who has been working in the spiritual field for the past many years, at Trimbakeshwar during her visit to Nashik.
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