radhika, a brahmin by birth, was adopted and brought up by a family of weavers in a small town. dev visited the town with his family, met radhika and became good friends. one day, while radhika and dev playing in a temple, they reached a place where 50 couples were getting married. dev rubbed sindoor on radhika's forehead, which she had gotten on her head by accident. this caused them to get married without their knowledge. when a priest who witnessed dev and radhika's "wedding" comes to radhika's home and tells her parents that radhika is married, radhika tries to tell dev this but is unable to meet him again.