![]() ![]() ![]() Balu Thevar is bothered by this, and having lost his own son, he takes him home to raise him as his own son. He thus wanders the streets begging for food. Being considered inauspicious, since his mother, father, and sister are all dead, no one from the Brahmin community wants to take care of him. During the discussion, they slip and fall into the waterfall and both men die.Īt this point, Vaidehi's younger brother (named Sankara - a play on Adi Sankaracarya, the founder of the Monistic system of Hindu Vedic Philosophy called Advaita Vedanta), who is devoutly studying the Vedas and passing through the student phase of his Brahmin life, is left an orphan. In the meantime, thinking that Vaidehi is really dead, Vaidehi's father confronts Raja and accuses him of causing her death. On the way, Vaidehi fakes her suicide to escape the marriage, and hides in a house (Nizhalgal Ravi's) that she happens to pass by. Both of their parents discover their love and Vaidehi's father tries to marry her off to another man in a neighboring village. He meets Vaidehi (Amala Akkineni), who is the daughter of a Brahmin Sastri (Priest), and they fall in love. Their son, Raja, has just returned from the city having completed his education. ![]() Balu Thevar though, is an atheist and speaks openly against the caste system, but is nevertheless tolerated by the villagers because he is generous in helping others in need. Balu Thevar (Sathyaraj) and Saritha live in a village and belong to a land-owning warrior caste (Thevar), held supposedly lower in the Vedic caste system hierarchy than Brahmins. ![]()
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