The film is about the life of one of the six most extraordinary sovereigns, Harishchandra, the ruler of Ayodhya belonging to Suryavansha who established the heavenly earth and carried out hundreds of Rajasuya, whose path is the truth.

Meanwhile, in the Indra court, Vishvamitra confronted Vasishta, who said that a man with aim & determination is more potent than the deities.

Visvamitra phantoms two beauties, Matanga Kanyalu, to lure him, threatening to knit them or quit the kingdom.

Due to lack of time, on the advice of his wife Chandramati, he auctions her with his son Lohitha when Siva, in the form of Kaala Kaushika, shops them.

Next, he peddles himself to the graveyard's King Veerabahu for travel expenses, Nakshatraka, and works as a guard at the burial ground.

Tragically, Lohitha dies due to a snakebite while Chandramati is performing his funeral; Harishchandra bars her for the fee, unbeknownst to actuality.

[2] The songs and poems written by Balijepalli Lakshmikantha Kavi for his magnum opus play Satya Harischandriyamu in 1924 were already popular with the audience.

[3] Audience accustomed to the old poems of Lakshmikantha Kavi were disappointed with the new ones and this was attributed as one of the reasons for the failure of the film.