Set during the chola period in southern India,Bhuvanapathi,a young Brahmin in kanchi,nurtures an unquenchable desire to take on a perilous journey to kasi,in order to earn fame and wealth.Having mastered all the survival skills,he sets on this journey to kasi after his marriage.His greed makes thim commit all forbidden sins during this stay in kasi and to top it all,he lust for another woman,Navagnani and lures her to marry him,lying that his first wife was dead...