Actress Lena claims she was a monk in a past life. In an interview with a media platform, she disclosed that at the age of 23 in Kodaikanal she experimented with mushrooms and began meditating in the forest.

She also mentioned that during her twenties after getting married, she visited Kodaikanal with her husband and friends and tried psilocybin mushrooms which are used in psychiatric treatments.

Lena, who was working as a clinical psychologist when she tried mushrooms stated that although a significant number of people use these substances today, it was relatively uncommon back in her time. She added that the term "psychedelic" means 'revealing the soul'.

Following her consumption of mushrooms, she engaged in meditation in a Kodaikanal forest aiming to gain insight into the concept of God. Lena also asserted that she believed she was a Buddhist monk in her previous life.