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The star of Pretty Woman arrived in India on September 18 to shoot for her upcoming movie, "Eat, Pray, Love", based on a best-selling book by Elizabeth Gilbert, and is filming 65 kilometres (40 miles) from the capital New Delhi.
The 42-year-old actress has run into controversy, however, with some devotees in the village of Pataudi reportedly upset by her presence after a vast security team of 350 guards sealed off their temple for filming.
"We are not allowed to enter the temple premises. They cannot stop us from worshipping because Julia Roberts is in there," one unnamed resident of Pataudi told The Indian Express newspaper.
The 42-year-old visited a local Hindu saint Swami Dharam Dev of the Hari Mandir Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya ashram on Wednesday who re-named her three children -- though only for their time in India.
"Julia came to seek blessings from me," Swami Dharam Dev was quoted as saying by The Times of India newspaper.
"I have named her twins Hazel and Phinnaeus as Laxmi and Ganesh while Henry will be called Krishn Balram," he said.
She is also learning how to make Indian bread and Dal, a typical dish made with pulses, for a scene in the movie in which she cooks at the ashram, which is a spiritual retreat. Link...