Ram temple prestige: Muslim woman names newborn son Ram Rahim

On Monday, the day of the consecration ceremony of Ram temple in Ayodhya, a Muslim woman in Firozabad gave birth to a child and named him Ram Rahim, giving the message of Hindu-Muslim unity.

Dr. Naveen Jain, in-charge of District Women’s Hospital, said that on Monday, woman Farzana gave birth to a child.

Dr. Jain said, “Both the child and the mother are fine.”

“The child’s grandmother Husna Bano has named him Ram Rahim,” he said.

Bano said that she has named the child Ram Rahim to give the message of Hindu-Muslim unity.

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

He said that out of the 25 babies, 10 were girls while the rest were boys and all are normal and healthy.

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

While other mothers named their babies with synonyms of Lord Rama like Raghava, Raghavendra, Raghu and Ramendra.

Speaking to PTI over phone, Dwivedi said several expectant mothers had requested her to undergo caesarean sections on the occasion of the consecration ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22.

A miniature Ram temple was set up inside the delivery room of a private nursing home at Chandausi in Sambhal district. On Monday, pregnant women were given darshan of Lord Ram before delivery.

Dr. Vandana Saxena told that on the auspicious occasion of the consecration of Lord Ram in Ayodhya, she has decorated the delivery room and newborn baby room of her nursing home in saffron color and has also installed a miniature God in the newborn baby room.

Dr. Saxena said that a total of six children, including three boys, were born in the hospital on Monday.

The parents of the newborn boys have named them after Lord Ram while the girls have been named Janaki and Sita.

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