Jodhpur, Mar 17 : Traders here are performing a ritual in honour of Lakshmi, the Goddess of Wealth, to ward off global recession.
The nine-day ritual being held at the central grounds here commenced on Friday and will conclude on March 21.
Over 400 priests have been performing the rituals amid Vedic chants which reverberate in the entire neighbourhood.
According to head priest Prakharji Maharaj, the ritual would release latent energies of intellectuals and enable them to solve the global recession.