Indian Parenting

It is quite common in India to name your daughter after rivers. Especially the names of the seven holy rivers Ganga, Yamuna , Sarasvati. Sindhu, Godavari, Narmada, Kaveri are very popular. Most rivers in India are considered feminine and are personified as goddesses.

Water has a special place in Hinduism and among hindus because it is one of the Pancha bhootas. For its life-sustaining properties, water finds its use in many rituals. Cleanliness also has lot of significance and this is the reason you find many temples next to rivers, ponds and tanks so that people can take bath and then worship.

Like our many firsts, this time we have compiled a list of the rivers in India to make your naming decision easier.

http://www.indianhindunames.com/names-indian-rivers.htm

Tags: Baby Names, hindu river names, indian rivers, river names, rivers

Ever wondered who is Abhimanyu, who is Yuyutsu or Who were Amba, Ambika and Ambalika? In yet another first, your site Indianhindunames.com now has an entire section arranged in alphabetical order listing all the Mythological, Vedic and names from Hindu epics.

This long list will surely help parents looking to name their babies from traditional or Sanskrit sources. You can also browse through these pages to know a little bit about Hindu mythology and the characters.

Here is the link > http://www.indianhindunames.com/ancient-mythological-vedic-names-a.html

Tags: epic characters, Mythological names, Vedic names

In our on-going series to name the contestants on popular Indian television shows, this week we list the contestants of MTV Roadies 6 - Hell Down Under.

Nuaman Sait won MTV Roadies 6 - Hell Down Under.

Mtv Roadies 6 Girls

Bobby Chopra
Gurmeet Kaur
Natasha Sinha
Neha Kapoor
Paulmi De
Roop Bhinder
Sonia Chouhan
Suzanna Mukherjee
Tamanna
Varisha Hawelia

And Mtv Roadies 6 boys

Ankur Khanduja
Bhanu Pratap
Devarshi Patel
Kiri Timung
Nuaman Sait
Pradeep Singh
Samrat Kaushal
Sandeep
Sufi Malhotra
Vicky Arora

Tags: contestants, MTV, names, Roadies 6