The film begins with Uma (Dimple Rose), after finishing her studies in the city, arriving in her village to live with her grandmother. Nandha (Dheepan) is a jobless youngster who spends his days roaming around with his friends whereas his elder brother Rajapandi (N. Khan) is the village bigwig and the manager of the village temple. The introverted and religious young man Neelakandan (Haneefa) lives at the village temple and he helps the temple priest (Sudalaiyandi) in his work. Neelakandan strictly follows the religious rules and he can be aggressive when someone breaks them. When Neelakandan was a child, he came to the village alone and slept in the temple, since that day Neelakandan lives there. Nandha falls in love with Uma at first sight and he starts to woo her. One day, Neelakandan and Nandha have a fight over cleaning outside the temple. During the fight, Neelakandan slaps Nandha's brother Rajapandi. The vengeful Rajapandi plans to kill Neelakandan but his henchmen failed to kill him twice. Rajapandi then closes the temple and he forces the temple priest to leave the village. His henchmen brutally beat the temple priest up one night. Uma who witnesses the attack tells it to Nandha. The next morning, Nandha's dead body is found in the village's river and Rajapandi blames Neelakandan of killing him. Thereafter, Neelakandan defeats Rajapandi's henchmen and finds that Nandha was killed by his own brother Rajapandi. When the villagers come to know about it, they decide to kill him but Neelakandan advises them to act with humanity and to ignore him from this day onwards. The film ends with Neelakandan leaving the village.
