Celebrity couple Gautam Rode and Pankhuri Awasthy Rode delighted their fans by sharing glimpses from their twins’ naming ceremony on the auspicious day of Krishna Janmashtami. Through a beautiful video, they revealed the unique and meaningful names they chose for their babies. The gorgeous couple proudly named their daughter Radhya and their son was named Raditya.
The actress captioned and wrote, “Grateful for all of God’s blessings.. with wide smiles, echoing laughter, a whole lot of dancing and our hearts full .. we along with our babies… RADHYA and RADITYA wish you all a very Happy Janmashtami… RADHYA – One who is worthy of worship. Also an endearing name for Radha ji who in Hinduism is revered as the Goddess of Love, Tenderness, Compassion, and Devotion. She is the incarnation of MahaLakshmi and also is the Mūlaprakriti- the Supreme goddess, the embodiment of spiritual love, and Krishna’s feminine counterpart and internal potency. In Sanskrit, Her name means prosperity, success, perfection. They say… Lord Krishna enchants the world, but Radhya enchants even him!”
View this post on Instagram
Further, she wrote, “RADITYA means Surya – the Sun. Ra is the ancient Egyptian deity of the Sun. One of the most important Gods in ancient Egyptian religion, Ra ruled in all parts of the created world: the sky, the earth, and the underworld. He was believed to have ruled as the first pharaoh of Egypt. He was the God of the sun, order, kings, and the sky. Ra in Sanskrit means Fire and strength. Aditya refers to the offspring of Aditi, the goddess representing infinity. In Sanskrit usage, all the Vedic Ādityas (Rig Veda – twelve in number and as bright and pure as streams of water, free from all guile and falsehood, blameless and perfect) metamorphosed into one composite deity, Surya, the Sun, and all their attributes merged into that of Surya. Surya is the Lord of Simha ( Leo). Raditya in old Javanese (from Indonesia) – Ra + Aditya, derived from Sanskrit words रवि + आदित्य also means Sun or the light of the Sun or Sunday – the day of the Sun. Similar to Surya or Ravi being the basis of Ravivara, in the Hindu Calendar.”