Twelve days after the bady is born, a priest visits the family to name the bady. The priest makes a horoscope for the bady. To make this horoscope, the priest writes down where the stars and planets were at the time the bady 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 fron of them there is a plate with rice on it. The fatheruses along thin piece of gold to write the name of the family god the baby s name in the baby s right ear. The priest then blesses the baby. He also blesses the candies and food and then passes them to the guests. This ennds the ceremony of giving a name to a baby.