Archive · 28 Aug 2026
Simhastha Kumbh Mela Plans Jobs for 10,000 Women
The upcoming Simhastha Kumbh Mela will bring many visitors to Nashik.
The administration wants local women’s groups to help prepare products for the event.
More than 9,000 self-help groups may take part.
The work could provide jobs for over 10,000 women.
They will make puja thalis and other religious items.
They will also create bamboo gifts, rainwear and cloth bags.
Exhibitions will help visitors see and buy their products.
The plan is intended to support rural and tribal women while reducing plastic use.
More than 9,000 women’s self-help groups across Nashik district are expected to participate.
The initiative is projected to create direct and indirect employment for over 10,000 women.
Groups will make puja thalis, religious materials, souvenirs, decorative goods and utility products.
Women are being trained to produce bamboo gifts, umbrellas, raincoats and cloth bags.
Exhibitions in Nashik and Trimbakeshwar will showcase women-made handicrafts, food and natural products.
- Who
- More than 9,000 women’s self-help groups, including single, tribal and rural women, are expected to participate.
- What
- The groups will produce religious materials, puja thalis, souvenirs, bamboo goods, rainwear, cloth bags and other products for the Kumbh Mela.
- When
- During the upcoming Simhastha Kumbh Mela, including events scheduled during the monsoon season.
- Where
- Across Nashik district, including Nashik, Trimbakeshwar and the Harsul area.
- Why
- To meet product needs during the large religious gathering, create employment and support economic opportunities for local women.
- Projected employment
- More than 10,000 women
- Participating groups
- More than 9,000 women’s self-help groups
- Key locations
- Nashik and Trimbakeshwar; a bamboo cluster is being developed in Harsul
- Products
- Puja thalis, religious materials, bamboo gifts, decorative goods, umbrellas, raincoats and cloth bags
- Puja materials
- Kumkum, turmeric, camphor, panchgavya and cotton wicks
- Exhibitions
- Women-made handicrafts, decorative products, food items and natural goods will be showcased
- Environmental measure
- Cloth bags and other sustainable alternatives are being promoted to discourage plastic use
