10-22-2003, 07:05 PM
Megawati is not Hindu but Muslim, Mr.Patniak ex CM of Orissa gave her name.
In Indonesia Hindu/Sanskrit names are common. My name is more common in Indonesia than in India.
However, it should be remembered that although Megawati is nominally Muslim, her principal cultural allegiance is often seen as being to the Hindu Javanese system, especially because her paternal grandmother was a Hindu Balinese.
Back in January 1947, Patnaik was in Indonesia to visit his old friend Sukarno, whose wife Fatmawati had just given birth to a baby girl. It was a rainy day and Patnaik named the baby Mega (meaning ârain cloudâ or megha in Sanskrit).
In Indonesia Hindu/Sanskrit names are common. My name is more common in Indonesia than in India.
However, it should be remembered that although Megawati is nominally Muslim, her principal cultural allegiance is often seen as being to the Hindu Javanese system, especially because her paternal grandmother was a Hindu Balinese.
Back in January 1947, Patnaik was in Indonesia to visit his old friend Sukarno, whose wife Fatmawati had just given birth to a baby girl. It was a rainy day and Patnaik named the baby Mega (meaning ârain cloudâ or megha in Sanskrit).