Aishwarya Rai was decked in an orange Indian ensemble for the occasion and Jaya and Shweta Nanda saw to it that all the prominent names of the film industry were present in their Bandra house for the occasion yesterday. Looking at the likes from Urmila Matonkar to designer Neeta Lulla, it was clear that the Bachchans didn’t want to commit the same mistake of not inviting people and face criticism that they faced at Aishwarya and Abhishek’s wedding. Aishwarya was blessed and gifts were showered on her by the guests. While more than just the gifts, blessings count in Indian Godh bahrai, in Hollywood people actually flaunt what they got for their baby shower - though there's nothing wrong in this.

Victoria Beckham who had recently had her baby daughter Harper, was gifted the shower by close friends Eva Longoria and Ken Paves. Apart from the lavish wedding-themed baby shower, where the ladies wore white, Victoria got quite a haul. Right from a stroller to cute dresses Harper had everything way before she came into this world. Their’s was more of a bachelorette party, with people clinking champagne glasses, playing mad games and making the expected mother happy.

Although the idea is very similar in all the countries, small rituals make it different. In India, different regions gives it different names but the idea is to celebrate the arrival of a new life. While in Bengal and Orissa Baby Shower is known as Saadh, in Kerala the ceremony is called Seemandham and in Tamil Nadu the Valakappu. Godh Bharai, which is the common name of North India, literally means to fill a person’s lap with abundance and the mother is given jewellery, fruits as a token of love and blessing.