Bhopal wholesale grocery market reopens on auspicious time after Diwali break

Business resumed in the city's trading areas on Tuesday at an auspicious time (shubh muhurat) after Diwali. In Bhopal's wholesale grocery market too, traders reached their shops in the morning and began work afresh with prayers.

The traders first cleaned and decorated their shops. They then performed puja of Lord Ganesh and Goddess Lakshmi according to ritual, praying for happiness, prosperity and progress in business. The new trading session was begun by invoking Lord Ganesh, and prayers were offered to Goddess Lakshmi for wealth, grain, abundance and well-being through the year. With this, work in the markets resumed after the Deepavali holiday.

By old tradition, starting business at the muhurat holds special meaning for traders. The traders showed good enthusiasm on this auspicious occasion after Diwali. Normal activity in the markets will now gradually pick up pace and customers will return.

Traders believe that starting the new trading year at an auspicious time and with divine blessings brings progress, prosperity and abundance in business through the year. Vivek Sahu, a wholesale grocery trader, said business in the wholesale market had been started afresh from today.