A local saint in the Indian capital of New Delhi has given Hindu names to Hollywood actress Julia Roberts' three children.

The Pretty Woman star has been shooting in India since last week for her upcoming movie Eat, Pray, Love, based on a best-selling book by Elizabeth Gilbert.

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.

Source: China Daily/Agencies