It is one of the four cities that hosts the massive Sinhastha Kumbh Mela once every twelve years.
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The most important historical significance is that Kumbh Mela is conducted at Nashik once every twelve years, out of 4 places in India.
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Kumbh Mela: The Kumbh Mela (the "pitcher festival") is one of the holiest of Hindu pilgrimages that is held every four years; the location is rotated among Allahabad, Haridwar, Nashik, and Ujjain.
The 2003 Kumbh Mela stampede killed 39 people in the city of Nashik, and seven were killed during the 2010 Kumbh Mela in Haridwar.