(Reuters) -Indian food and grocery delivery platform Zomato said on Thursday it will rename the company to "Eternal" and unveiled a new logo, a move that comes more than two years after it began using the new name internally.

In a surprising move, food and grocery delivery platform Zomato has announced that it is changing the name of its parent company 'Zomato Limited' to 'Eternal Limited'.

The Zomato app and brand name will remain unchanged. Blinkit grew materially larger than Zomato’s food delivery business in the past year. A number of analysts estimate that Blinkit will grow to account for as much as 70% of the group’s value in the coming year.

The announcement sparked a wave of reactions on social media, with many users expressing confusion about whether the change would affect the Zomato food delivery platform.

As food delivery giant Zomato announced its decision to rebrand its parent company to Eternal Ltd., netizens flooded social media with memes and jokes, prompting the company to issue a clarification.

Once approved, the company’s website will change from zomato.com to eternal.com. However, the Zomato app will keep its name and continue operating as usual.

In a letter to shareholders, Deepinder Goyal said the company board has approved the name change, requesting shareholders to also support this change.