About one billion people live in In

About one billion people live in India. Most of these people are Hindu. The Hindu religion is also a way of life. In the Hindu religion, there are special ceremonies for important times in a person's life. There are sixteen ceremonies in all. For each ceremony there is a special fire, and priests say prayers and read from a special book. One of these ceremonies is choosing a name for a baby.
The birth of a baby is a happy time in a Hindu family. Soon after the baby is born, the parents wash the baby and write the work om on the baby's tongue. They write the word in honey with a pen of gold. Om is a special word in the Hindu religion. Hindus say this word over and over again when they are praying.
Twelve days after the baby is'born, a priest visits the family to name the baby. The priest makes a horoscope for the baby. To make this horoscope, the priest writes down where the stars and planets were at the time the baby was born. From this, he reads the baby's future and suggests a good name for the baby. Many children have names of Hindu gods and goddesses or have names with other religious meanings.
At the ceremony, there are guests. The mother holds the baby. The father is on one side. In front of them, there is a plate with rice on it. The father uses a long, thin piece of gold to write the name of the says the baby's name in the candies and food and then passes them to the guests. This ends the ceremony of giving a name to baby.