KENDRAPARA (ODISHA): Many parents in Odisha’s Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur districts named their babies born on the Ram temple consecration day as Ram and Sita.
At least six babies, both boys and girls, who were born in government-run and private hospitals in Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur districts on January 22, were named after Lord Ram and Devi Sita by their parents.
Though tradition and customary practice in Odisha is to name a baby on the 21st day of the birth after a puja, the parents visibly overwhelmed over the Lord Ram ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony on Monday went ahead to name newborns Ram, Sita. (Agencies )
