Chidambaram plot
Muniyandi, a farm labourer, loves Shivakami. Muniyandi brings Shivakami to the farm after marrying her. She soon becomes friends with Shankaran. But one day Muniyandi catches Shankaran red-handed with his wife Shivakami. Heartbroken, Muniyandi commits suicide. The extreme guilt compels Shankaran to leave the place. He tries alcohol, spirituality and all other possible methods to escape this mental torment, but fails. Finally, he reaches the temple town of Chidambaram. There he finds Shivakami as a shoe shiner in the temple.