Marwari businessmen of Kolkata are a worried lot

Around a thousand people had gathered at Shibpur, south of Kolkata, on an October morning to take part in the Shri Mahaluxmi Mahayajna being conducted by Swami Prakharji Maharaj of Haridwar. He was assisted by at least another hundred pandits, while 500 men, drawn from 15 states, chanted sacred hymns. Those in attendance were praying for industry to return to West Bengal. It had been organised by the Marwaris of the city — Rajasthani businessmen who have been around for almost two centuries.

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