Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha

Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha नाशिक-त्र्यंबकेश्वर सिंहस्थ कुंभमेळा
1989 Kumbh Mela at Nashik
Status	active
Genre	Fair
Frequency	Every 12 years
Venue	Banks of Godavari river
Location(s)	Trimbak and Nashik
Country	India
Previous event	2015
Next event	2027 2040
Participants	Akharas, pilgrims
Website	kumbhmela2015.maharashtra.gov.in

Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha is a Hindu religious mela held every 12 years in the Nashik district of Maharashtra, India. The name of the festival is also transliterated as Sinhastha or Singhastha. It is one of the four fairs traditionally recognized as Kumbha Melas, and is also known as Nashik-Trimbak Kumbha Mela or Nashik Kumbha Mela.

The fair involves ritual bathing on the banks of Godavari river, at the Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple (in Trimbak) and the Ram Kund in Nashik. Until 1789, the fair was held only at Trimbak, but after a clash between Vaishnavites and Saivites, the Maratha Peshwa segregated the Vaishnavites to the Nashik city.