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

...<br>regions[BLOCK_REGION_NAME] = Block region name<br>...

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.

template.php

/**<br> * Implements template_preprocess_node().<br> */<br>function YOUR_THEME_preprocess_node(&amp;$vars) {<br>&nbsp; // Add 'After node' block region inside node.<br>&nbsp; if ($block_region_name = block_get_blocks_by_region('BLOCK_REGION_NAME')) {<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $vars['BLOCK_REGION_NAME'] = $block_region_name;<br>&nbsp; }<br>}

Next and final step, edit the node template file to embed this block region and place the code snippet below anywhere you want it to display.

node.tpl.php

<span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php </span><span style="color: #007700">if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$BLOCK_REGION_NAME</span><span style="color: #007700">): </span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span></span><br>&nbsp; &lt;div class="blablabla"&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php </span><span style="color: #007700">print </span><span style="color: #0000BB">render</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$BLOCK_REGION_NAME</span><span style="color: #007700">); </span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span></span><br>&nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;<br><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php </span><span style="color: #007700">endif; </span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span></span>

Edit:

Thanks Rooby for pointing out that Drupal core's block doesn't play nice with Context blocks.

To get Context module blocks:

// Get the context blocks for the sidebar_second region.<br>$reaction = context_get_plugin('reaction', 'block');<br>$vars['BLOCK_REGION_NAME'] = $reaction-&gt;block_get_blocks_by_region('BLOCK_REGION_NAME');
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