Fatima Khatun, a 31-year-old Muslim woman from Mira Road, delivered a baby girl aboard the Kolhapur-Mumbai Mahalaxmi Express on June 6. In a heartwarming twist of fate, her husband named the baby Mahalaxmi, the Hindu goddess whose name adorns the train.

India: Muslim girl born on Mahalaxmi Express train named after Hindu goddess

Mumbai-Kolhapur Mahalaxmi Express, with 700 passengers on board, was stranded as torrential rainfall continued to batter Mumbai on Saturday. The train is held up between Vangani and Badlapur, which is 100 kilometres away from Mumbai, since 3 am today, according to a passenger on board.

Heavy rains lash Mumbai, 700 passengers stranded on board Mahalaxmi Express

All passengers of stranded Mahalaxmi Express train in Badlapur, Maharashtra have been safely evacuated. The train was stranded due to a heavy downpour that has lashed parts of Maharashtra.

Maharashtra: All passengers rescued safely from stranded Mahalaxmi Express

Maharashtra: Heavy downpour lashes Mumbai; IMD predicts more for next 48 hours

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday instructed the Chief Secretary to personally monitor rescue operations at Vagani, where people are stranded on board Mahalaxmi Express.

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis directs Chief Secretary to monitor Mahalaxmi Express' rescue operations 