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Vivek Oberoi recalls meeting mysterious ‘old man with white beard’ who disappeared after their conversation: ‘He told me…’
Vivek Oberoi recalled a unique experience that he had outside a temple, when a man told him that he had avoided a huge financial.

Actor Vivek Oberoi recalled a story about an interaction that he had with an old man who may or may not have actually been real. He said that the incident happened when he moved to the south of the country for a year, and assisted in relief work in the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami. He said that he was going through a difficult time personally and professionally, and his mother suggested that he should devote himself to the welfare of others.
In an appearance on Dr Jai Madaan’s YouTube channel, Vivek reflected on his spiritual experiences during that time. He said, “There is a famous temple there. I had a very unique experience. I was very worried, mentally. I had issues… I pitched a tent among the survivors and stayed with them. I even picked up a little Tamil. Somebody told me to visit the temple; I did. I met an old man with a white beard there. He was wearing only a dhoti. He called me over.”
Vivek continued, “He started speaking to me in highly polished English. I was confused, because he was sitting at the corner of the temple with nothing on his back. He made me sit next to him, and he looked at my face. He said, ‘You’re very worried, you’re going through a period of misfortune, and that’s why you were sent here to this temple. You were going to face a big financial loss, but you’re blessed. The money you were about to lose, you spent on relief work here. This is your karma, and you will reap the benefits’.”
The old man gave Vivek some instructions, and the actor went off to carry them out. When he returned, the old man was gone. “I asked everyone, the watchman and other people, where the old man went. They said, ‘Which old man? Nobody was here. It’s empty’. I was stunned.” Vivek said that he isn’t sure if the man was real or not. “To me, he’s like God,” he said, adding later in the interview that he’s making deals worth thousands of crores in the real estate business now.
In the same interview, Vivek recalled another story, where he went to a temple and asked for an opportunity to serve. Moments later, as he was exiting the temple, a man approached him and alerted him about a child prostitution ring. Vivek investigated, and discovered several girls had been kept prisoner in a small room. “I felt a rage,” he said, adding that this experience inspired him to start a foundation.


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