Muslim Woman Who Gave Birth On Ayodhya Pran Pratishtha Day Names Son Ram Rahim

A Muslim woman from Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh who delivered her child on January 22, the day of the Pran Pratishtha of the Ram Lalla idol in Ayodhya has named her son Ram Rahim.

The woman, Farzana gave birth to a baby boy on Monday, at the District Women's Hospital.

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Ram Rahim, a message of Hindu-Muslim unity

"The child's grandmother Husna Banu has named him Ram Rahim," Dr Naveen Jain, the in-charge of the District Women hospital, said.

Banu said that she had named the child Ram Rahim to give a message of Hindu-Muslim unity.

Women align deliveries with Pran Pratishtha

Ahead of the Pran Pratishtha of the Ram Lalla idol in Ayodhya on January 22, hospitals were increasingly receiving requests from to-be mothers to align their deliveries with the special day.

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JSS Super Speciality Hospital run by the Shri Siddeshwar Loka Kalyana Charitable Trust in Karnataka's Vijayapura had special requests from over 50 pregnant women to have delivery on January 22 and it conducted over 20 deliveries on Monday.

"We had special requests from over 50 pregnant women to align their delivery dates for January 22... since it is Lord Ram's day," Leelavati CA, Head HR, told PTI.

"Since, there were several requests, after looking at the medical condition of the expecting mothers and multiple scans, we could schedule the delivery of over 20 women for January 22.

"Today alone, we have carried out delivery of more than 20 women so far, and still operation threatres are full and scanning is still being carried out to schedule the next line of deliveries," the hospital official said.

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Newborns named Ram, Sita

Doctors across the country also noted that many of the children who were born in their hospitals on January 22 were named after Rama and Sita.

Though tradition and customary practice in Odisha is to name a baby on the 21st day of the birth after a puja, on Monday many parents went ahead to name newborns Ram and Sita.

"It's a momentous day for all the practitioners of Sanatan Dharma. For us, it is a double delight because of the new arrival to our family", said Priyanka Mallick, a new mother from Kendrapara district.

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"I have become the father of a male child on the Ram temple consecration ceremony day. His birth on the auspicious day has made us ecstatic. We decided to name our son as Ram", the husband of Renubala, who delivered her baby on Monday said.

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