Parents go for the delivery of the child on the ‘Muhurta’ with the consecration of the idol of Ram Lalla.

Hoping for an “auspicious” start to their newborns, many couples underwent ‘Muhurat deliveries’ in consultation with doctors at hospitals on Monday, coinciding with the consecration of the Ram Lalla idol in Ayodhya.

While ‘Ram’, ‘Sita’ and related names were preferred for many newborns born on this day, a baby born to a Muslim family in the district hospital of Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh was named Ram Rahim by his grandmother. was kept.

Dr Naveen Jain, in-charge of the District Women’s Hospital, said that the woman Farzana gave birth to a child and “the child’s grandmother Husna Bano has named him Ram Rahim”, adding that she “wanted to give the message of Hindu-Muslim unity.” .

JSS Super Specialty Hospital, run by Sri Siddheshwar Lok Kalyan Charitable Trust in Vijayapura, Karnataka, had a special request from more than 50 pregnant women to deliver on January 22 and it conducted over 20 deliveries on Monday.

“We had received a special request from more than 50 pregnant women to shift their delivery date to January 22… as it is Lord Ram’s day,” HR head Lilavati CA told PTI.

“Since there were many requests, after looking at the medical condition of the expectant mothers and multiple scans, we could schedule the delivery of more than 20 women on January 22.

“Today alone, we have delivered more than 20 women so far and the operation is still fraught with risks and scanning is still being done to determine the next series of deliveries,” the hospital official said.

Ashwini Bagli, 21, whose husband is a bank employee, is among those who had a baby on Monday.

“It is an auspicious day and our family wanted to get the delivery done on the historic day when Lord Ram returns to Ayodhya. I gave birth to a baby girl on this auspicious day and hence, we are planning to name our baby girl Sita,” she said.

According to the hospital administration, the hospital had announced free delivery of newborns at its facility from January 18 to January 22 and more than 100 deliveries were conducted during the specified period.

It also held a “cradle ceremony” on 22 January, in which three newborns – two boys and a baby girl – took part as “Lord Ram, Sita and Lakshman”.

A 42-year-old woman delivered a baby boy at the Mail Hospital in Maharashtra’s Thane city, after which doctors agreed to her request for delivery on January 22, although her delivery was scheduled for January 23.

Dr Chandrakant Barure of Thane’s Mail Hospital told PTI that Samriddhi Bamane, who works in the IT sector, had requested that her delivery be done a day earlier on the auspicious occasion.

The doctor said that the child was born at 12.30 pm in the hospital located in Naupada area of ​​Thane. He told that mother and child are fine.

Many prospective parents across the country had sought ‘Muhurat delivery’ to coincide with the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.

There were many parents like 30-year-old Boramma who had a natural delivery and felt it was their good fortune.

“My husband is a farmer and we did not have enough money to get me delivered on January 22… I felt as if Lord Ram also wanted me to have this auspicious time,” she said hours after giving birth to her child at JSS. I will give birth to my child during the day.” Super Specialty Hospital.

“Being devotees of Ram, we have decided to name our newborn baby Shri Ram. I feel blessed,” she said.

Seema Dwivedi, acting in-charge of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department at Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, said that 25 children were born here on Monday.

Speaking to PTI over phone, Dwivedi said many expectant mothers had requested her for cesarean section on January 22.

Of the 25 babies, 10 were girls while the rest were boys and all were normal and healthy, he said, adding that they were a mix of natural births and planned deliveries.

Dwivedi said that Bharti Mishra, who gave birth to a son, has named the child Ram, believing that it will have a positive impact on the child’s personality.

Boys were also given other names of Lord Rama such as Raghav, Raghavendra, Raghu and Ramendra, while many girls were named Janaki and Sita.

Dr. Sushma Boriwal said that a girl was born to Sanjana and Lokesh couple through cesarean delivery at Depalpur Civil Hospital, Indore.

“I was in touch with the doctors and medical staff of the hospital to deliver the baby on January 22, but I was told that she had not completed her period. However, Sanjana complained of pain around 11 am, following which the operation was conducted,” Lokesh told PTI.

He said, both mother and child are in good health.

Health officials said at least 47 babies were born in different hospitals in three districts of Madhya Pradesh on Monday. He said that while 33 children were born in three hospitals of Indore, the figure was 13 for Damoh and one for Bhopal.

Dr. Virendra Rajgir told PTI that 18 children were born on Monday at the government PC Sethi Hospital in Indore, which includes nine girls and the same number of boys.

Senior gynecologist Dr Sumitra Yadav told PTI that 17 were normal deliveries, one was a cesarean procedure, Rajgir said eleven babies were born through normal delivery, while three were born at the government-run MTH hospital in Indore. Done by caesarean operation.

He said the babies — eight girls and six boys — are doing well.

(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)