raghuraman (mohanlal) is the son of a local hindu temple's priest in an idyllic village. the people, hindus and muslims, live in harmony. when an ambitious politician's (nf varghese) goons, disguised as muslims, cause trouble at the local temple, tensions breaks out between the two communities leading to widespread religious riots. raghurāman, after his family is killed, joins a hindu extremist gang to take revenge by attacking a group of muslims who have taken refuge in a guru's ashram (a place where a holy guru lived and worked). after infiltrating the ashram, he meets vaidehi who suggests him to meditate for a few moments. during meditation, he experiences an altered state of consciousness and perceives being transported into another world.