President Droupadi Murmu participated in the Maha Godavari Aarti as part of the Dhwaj Stambh Pujan, Dhwaja Pujan and Dhwajarohan rituals in Nashik, Maharashtra on 31 October 2026, signalling the formal start of the Nashik Trimbakeshwar Simhastha Maha Kumbh 2027.
The Maha Godavari Aarti, attended by President Droupadi Murmu, formed a central element of the inaugural rituals — Dhwaj Stambh Pujan, Dhwaja Pujan and Dhwajarohan — held in Nashik on 31 October 2026 to open the Simhastha Maha Kumbh 2027.
President Droupadi Murmu addressed a public gathering at the Dhwaj Stambh Pujan, Dhwaja Pujan and Dhwajarohan ceremony in Nashik, Maharashtra on 31 October 2026, marking the official commencement of the Nashik Trimbakeshwar Simhastha Maha Kumbh 2027.
President Droupadi Murmu was joined at the Nashik Trimbakeshwar Simhastha Maha Kumbh 2027 inauguration by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Sunetra Pawar, and Governor Jishnu Dev Varma on 31 October 2026.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar, and Governor Jishnu Dev Varma stood alongside President Droupadi Murmu during the Dhwaj Stambh Pujan, Dhwaja Pujan and Dhwajarohan at Nashik on 31 October 2026, the curtain raiser for the Simhastha Maha Kumbh 2027.