Vaadanapally: Baby Adikhesh was born less than 100 days ago, but he has been a mute witness to a deadly flood which claimed many lives and displaced millions of people including his family.
On the 90th day since his birthday, his naming ceremony was conducted at a flood relief camp here in Thrissur district in the presence of other residents.
When the baby’s mother bemoaned whether her son was so unfortunate not to have received a gift for his naming ceremony, a female block panchayat official there couldn’t hold herself back. She immediately removed her own gold bangle and gave it to the baby as a gift.
It was Rekha K Nair, a head clerk at the Chovannur block panchayat, who gifted her own gold bangle to Adikhesh, the son of C N Ragesh and Ramya. She had arrived there along with block panchayat officials as part of a cleaning drive undertaken by the local governing body.
Ragesh and his family were initially accommodated at the relief camp opened at the Bodanandavilasam school and then at the Darul Iman Arabic College. It was only a few days ago that the family shifted to the current camp at the dining hall of the Vadanapally Bhagavathy temple.
Payasam (dessert) was served at the relief camp to celebrate the naming ceremony of Adikhesh.
