PARIS IN INDIA: Hilton visits Mumbai orphanage after performing in Goa (with gallery)

Fashion designer, socialite and DJ Paris Hilton poses with a photograph of an idol of the Elephant Headed Hindu God, Lord Ganesha during her visit to a temple in Mumbai on Dec. 3, 2012. The American heiress had been invited to take part in the India Resort Fashion Week in Goa over the weekend. STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images

Mumbai, Dec 3 (IANS) Socialite Paris Hilton became Santa Claus for children at an orphanage here Monday and even grooved to popular song “Chammak challo” with them.

Hilton, who is on her second visit to India, went to Ashray, a part of the Committed Communities Development Trust (CCDT) in suburban Bandra. The 31-year-old looked radiant in a colourful floral dress with a flower garland around her neck and a blingy hair band.

Hilton made it a point to bring gifts for all the children in the orphanage. She was welcomed with a traditional arti and treated to performances by the children.

“I am so happy to be here and meet you all. It is holiday time and Christmas is coming. I hoped you liked the presents,” Hilton said at the event.

“I admire the work done here. It makes me so happy,” she added.

When the children shook a leg to popular Bollywood dance number “Chammak challo” from the movie “RA.One”, Hilton joined them for a gig.

Hilton’s prime motive for this trip was her performance at the recently concluded India Resort Fashion Week in Goa. She had a stopover in Mumbai.

“Paris wanted to visit an orphanage while she was in Mumbai. She got in touch with someone in Bandra, who happened to know our trustee and that is why she chose our organization,” Cherie Pereira, senior project officer of CCDT, told IANS.

CCDT houses a total of 108 children in its various centres in and around Mumbai, and Ashray, its Bandra branch, has 30 children.

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Fashion designer, socialite and DJ Paris Whitney Hilton posed in front of an idol of Elephant Headed Hindu God, Lord Ganesha, during her visit to the Siddhi Vinayak temple and delivered gifts to and posed for photographs with children at an orphanage during a stopover in Mumbai on Monday Dec. 3, 2012. The American heiress took part in India Resort Fashion Week in Goa over the weekend. PHOTOSTRDEL/AFP/Getty Images