简介：CircaBritishRuleinIndia,amanvowstomakehisonlysurvivingson,Narayan,aliasNani,aBrahmacharitoatoneforthedeathsoffiveofhischildren.HetakesthischildtoaremotevillageinKarnataka,SouthIndia,whereheleaveshis11yearoldsoninthecareofalearnedArcharya,UdupPandit.HereNanigetstomeettwootherdisciplesoftheArcharya,aswellashiswidoweddaughter,Yamuna,andanothermalebythenameofShrikarUpadhyay,whoalsoteachestheBritishhowtoreadandwriteinHindi.TheArcharyagoesawayforafewdays,andwhenhereturnsnothingisthesameanymore.Hisdaughterispregnant,thevillagersareallsettoremoveherfromthevillage,theyarealsoangrywithhimforrefusingYamunatofollowthetraditionalwayaHinduwidow.TheArcharyamustnowfindoutwhoimpregnatedhisdaughter-whetheritwasoneofhistwoyoungdisciples;anuntouchablemalenamedKogaPandit.…