Archive · 27 Aug 2026
Fadnavis to Inaugurate Nashik’s Kumbh Bhakti Sangam Festival
Nashik is holding a three-day festival called Kumbh Bhakti Sangam.
The festival is connected with preparations for the Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Kumbh Mela.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will open the festival on August 28.
Several singers and religious performers will present kirtan, bhajans, and devotional music.
Rahul Deshpande and Maithili Thakur are among the performers.
The final day will bring devotional traditions from different parts of India together.
Fadnavis will also open a new agriculture college building in Dindori taluka.
He will then dedicate the Nashik campus of Savitribai Phule Pune University.
The three-day Kumbh Bhakti Sangam festival will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on August 28 at Thakkar Dome in Nashik.
The opening day will feature a kirtan by Amrutamrut Swami Maharaj and an Abhangvani performance by Rahul Deshpande.
August 29 will include two daytime sessions, followed by a kirtan by Dr Charudatta Aphale and a bhajan performance by Maithili Thakur.
The August 30 programme will showcase devotional traditions from different parts of India.
Fadnavis will also inaugurate an agriculture college building and dedicate the Savitribai Phule Pune University Nashik Campus on August 28.
- Who
- Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Kumbh Mela Authority officials, and the scheduled devotional performers.
- What
- The Kumbh Bhakti Sangam festival will be inaugurated, alongside the opening of an agriculture college building and dedication of the Savitribai Phule Pune University Nashik Campus.
- When
- The festival is scheduled for August 28-30; the inaugurations and campus dedication are scheduled for August 28.
- Where
- The festival will be held at Thakkar Dome in Nashik; the college building is in Changdhav, Dindori taluka, and the university campus is in the Shivneri area.
- Why
- The festival is being organised against the backdrop of the Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Kumbh Mela to highlight cultural and spiritual experiences and devotional traditions.
- Festival
- Kumbh Bhakti Sangam
- Dates
- August 28-30
- Opening ceremony
- August 28 at 4:30 pm at Thakkar Dome
- Opening performers
- Amrutamrut Swami Maharaj and Rahul Deshpande
- Final-day focus
- Devotional traditions from various parts of India
- Additional inauguration
- New building of Karmaveer Dulaji Sitaram Patil College of Agriculture at 12:30 pm
- University campus
- Savitribai Phule Pune University Nashik Campus to be dedicated at 1 pm