The 'Rajim Kumbh' will be inaugurated by the Speaker of Chhattisgarh legislative Assembly Gaurishankar Agrawal at Muktakashi Manch at 7 pm on February 3. A number of seers and saints including Agnipeethadhishwar Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Ramkrishnanandji Maharaj, Asang Saheb, Pragya Bharti and Yudhishthir lal will participate in the inaugural ceremony which will be presided over by Minister for Religious Trusts and Endowment Bijmohan Agrawal.
Officials said that the Rajim Kumbh Mela will be organised from Magh Purnima to Mahashivratri between February 3-17. A congregation of saints and seers 'Sant Samagam' will be organised from February 10-17 at a ‘pravachan mandap’ erected near Kuleshwar Mahadev temple. Huts have been constructed for the saints and seers who will give discourse every day.
The bathing festivals are on the occasion of Magh Purnima on February 3, Janki Jayanti on February 12 and Mahashivratri on February 17. A Shahi Snan (Royal bathing) will be organised for the saints and seers on the occasion of Mahashivratri. The saints and seers will start from the venue of Sant Samagam at 8am in a rally (Shobha Yatra) and reach the Shahi Snan Kund via Nayapara and Rajim.
Apart from religious discourse and activities, a number of cultural programmes will also be organised every evening during the Kumbh. Tourism and Culture Minister Ajay Chandrakar,Food Minister Punnulal Mohle, Women and Child Development Minister Rasheela Sahu, MPs Ramesh Bais and Chandulal Sahu, Pawan Diwan, Ramsunder Das, Abhanpur MlA Dhanendra Sahu, Rajim MlA Santosh Upadhyay, Vindranwagarh MlA Govardhan Manjhi, former Agriculture Minister Chandrasekhar Sahu, former Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Amitesh Shukla and former Chairman of Chhattisgarh State Warehousing Corporation Ashok Bajaj would be the special guests of the inaugural ceremony.
Chairman of Gobra Navapara Municipal Council Vijay Goyal and Chairman of Rajim Nagar Panchayat Pawan Sonkar and a number of saints and seers would also be present on the occasion.