Multiple seers expressed concerns over former actress Mamta Kulkarni becoming Kinnar Akhara's Mahamandleshwar. Shambhavi Peeth's Swami Anand Swaroop Maharaj said, "By recognising Kinnar Akhara, there was great sin in last Kumbh...I told Mamta...don't fall into these people's trap." Niranjani Anand Akhara's Balkanand Maharaj said, "You can't lift someone like that...to make her Mahamandleshwar."