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If you want to be on the up-and-coming, these are Indian and Hindu names that are on trend right now in India, listed in order of popularity and with their meanings, according to BabyCenter in India.

A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. But at the festival, where ...