elebrity superstar Julia Roberts recently announced a religious conversion to Hinduism. Roberts became a Hindu while filming her new movie "Eat Pray Love" in India. While researching and filming the story Roberts experienced a spiritual awakening and returned home a Hindu.

Roberts stars in the big screen adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert's travel memoir, "Eat Pray Love," a story about a woman's travel to India as part of a spiritual pilgrimage to learn about yoga, meditation and life in an ashram.

Roberts, whose parents are Baptist and Catholic, is now a confirmed Hindu who goes to the temple in LA along with her cameraman husband Daniel Moder and their children to Òchant, pray and celebrate on a regular basisÓ.

Roberts has also adopted the Hindu belief in reincarnation, and she hopes her next life will be a "quiet" one.

Roberts says, "Golly, I've been so spoiled with my friends and family in this life. Next time I want to be just something quiet and supporting."

Other celebrities who have practiced Hinduism include former Beatle George Harrison, and celebrated author J.D. Salinger.