{"id":483024,"date":"2026-05-13T18:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/483024\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T18:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:42:12","slug":"i-was-waving-but-no-one-saw-me-my-ego-was-crushed-rajinikanth-events-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/483024\/","title":{"rendered":"I was waving, but no one saw me. My ego was crushed: Rajinikanth | Events Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rajinikanth-max-size-3.jpg\" alt=\"I was waving, but no one saw me. My ego was crushed: Rajinikanth\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> When Tamil superstar <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rajinikanth\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rajinikanth<\/a> visited The Art of Living Foundation International Centre in Bengaluru over the weekend, he recalled an incident that took place during his first visit to the ashram. He shared that he had expected the usual \u2014 crowds, cameras and chaos. Instead, he found something far more meaningful: invisibility. What he thought would be a brief two-day visit turned into a 15-day spiritual retreat, leaving him with a lasting lesson in humility. Recalling the experience, the actor said he was immediately struck by the serenity of the ashram. \u201cThere was greenery everywhere, a lake, smiling people, an elephant, horses and hundreds of cows. One of the horses was even named Rajini,\u201d he said, leaving the audience in splits.  But the real \u2018superstar moment\u2019 came during a walk around the premises. Accustomed to fan frenzy and constant attention \u2014 especially after noticing visitors from Tamil Nadu \u2014 Rajinikanth expected people to approach him for photos and autographs. Instead, he was met with complete indifference. \u201cNot a single person looked at me,\u201d he laughed. \u201cForget photos or autographs; nobody even noticed me. I was waving, but no one saw me,\u201d he said.  For a man used to stopping traffic wherever he goes, the experience turned into a profound reality check. \u201cI have met politicians and industrialists, but this experience crushed my ego,\u201d he confessed, adding that while cinematic stardom is temporary, \u2018spiritual stardom\u2019 is eternal and continues to grow even after death.  He concluded by invoking the wisdom of 16th-century saint-poet Purandara Dasa, reminding the audience about the rarity and value of life. He translated, \u201cHuman birth is auspicious \u2014 do not waste it. To gain this life is rare; to have a healthy body and mind is rarer; but to truly seek to know yourself is the greatest challenge of all.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Tamil superstar Rajinikanth visited The Art of Living Foundation International Centre in Bengaluru over the weekend, he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[263],"tags":[18,117,87036,19,17,327,527,211224,211223],"class_list":["post-483024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-humility","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies","tag-rajinikanth","tag-spiritual-retreat","tag-the-art-of-living-foundation"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116568741988529984","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}