Hindus welcome julia roberts adopting Indian child
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oi-Raymond Ronamai
By Raymond Ronamai
Nevada
(US),
(ANI):
Hindus
have
welcomed
the
reports
of
Oscar
winner
Hollywood
star
julia
roberts
(Pretty
Woman)
trying
to
adopt
a
child
from
India.
Eminent
Hindu
statesman
Rajan
Zed,
in
a
statement
in
Nevada
(USA)
today,
said
that
he
or
other
Hindu
scholars
would
be
glad
to
guide
her
through
various
samskaras
(sacraments)
for
the
new
child.
Rajan
Zed,
who
is
President
of
Universal
Society
of
Hinduism,
pointed
out
that
sources
of
samskaras,
some
of
which
go
as
far
back
as
1,500
BCE,
were
Vedas,
Grhyasutras,
Dharmasutras,
Ramayana,
Mahabharata,
Puranas
and
certain
other
smritis.
Overall
purpose
was
to
perfect
the
individual
undergoing
them
and
making
him/her
fit
for
new
stage
of
life
in
accordance
with
dharma.
Roberts,
42,
already
has
three
children
from
her
current
husband
cinematographer
Daniel
Moder
(Grand
Champion)—five
year
old
twins
Hazel
and
Phinnaeus
and
three
year
old
Henry.
She,
who
reportedly
suffered
complication
in
past
pregnancies,
is
reportedly
in
the
adoption
process.
Various
other
Hollywood
stars
like
Madonna,
Meg
Ryan,
and
Angelina
Jolie
and
Brad
Pitt,
etc.,
have
also
adopted
children
from
abroad.
September
issue
of
women"s
fashion
magazine
Elle
reportedly
pointed
out:
The
entire
Roberts-Moder
family,
she
reveals,
goes
to
temple
together
to
"chant
and
pray
and
celebrate.
I''m
definitely
a
practicing
Hindu," says
Roberts,
who
grew
up
with
a
Catholic
mother
and
Baptist
father.
In
an
interview
with
anchor
George
Stephanopoulos
at
news
program
Good
Morning
America
on
ABC
News
on
August
nine,
Roberts
said
that
she
did
practice
Hinduism
and
added,
“Hinduism
is
something
I
am
very
intrigued
by
and
very
interested
in."