Press Release
UJJAIN, INDIA, October 18, 2003: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shri Digvijay Singh praised the arrangements made for the Kumbha Mela at Nashik and he announced that the Ujjain Kumbha Mela scheduled for next year will be in line with the Nashik Kumbha Mela. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister visited the Sadhu Gram at Tapovan in Nashik on August 22, 2003, to personally invite the Sadhus and Mahants for next year’s Kumbha Mela at Ujjain. Speaking to the reporters after paying a visit to the Godavari River, Digvijay Singh said that all preparations for the mega event at Ujjain have been finished and he was in Nashik to invite the sadhus and mahants. Singh further said that he will follow the foot steps of Nashik administration in the preparation if there are any lacunas in his own. Sadhus and Mahants were also very happy with this initiative of the chief minister, and he was offered a traditional welcome by the sadhus with elephants and drums.