Snippet to insert or embed Drupal block region into a node template.
First of all, define the block region in your theme's .info file.
YOUR_THEME.info
...
regions[BLOCK_REGION_NAME] = Block region name
...In your theme's template.php file, place the following code into template_preprocess_node. If it does not exist, define it with the code below:
Replace BLOCK_REGION_NAME with your custom block region machine name.