Being virtuous, Harishchandra immediately donates his entire kingdom to the sage and walks away with his wife Saibya and son Rohitashwa.

While working as a servant for the Brahmin family, Harishchandra's son gets bitten by a snake while plucking the flowers for his master's prayer, he then dies.

He advises Taramati to sell off her Mangalsutra, a symbolism of marriage in India, to pay the amount for cremation.

Having been granted the boon that only her husband can see her mangalsutra, Taramati recognizes Harishchandra and makes him aware of the happenings.

Taramati then offers her only possession, a saree – her lone dress, a part of which was used to cover the dead body of her son.

Harishchandra accepts the offering but before he could start the cremation, the lord Vishnu (the supreme God in Hinduism), Indra (the lord of heaven in Hinduism) and several Hindu deities along with the sage Vishwamitra manifest themselves and praise Harishchandra for his perseverance and steadfastness.

Being Kshatriya (the ruling and military elite of the Vedic-Hindu social system) Harishchandra still declines the offer saying that he cannot leave behind his subjects and requests heaven for all of them.

The gods declines his offer to which Harishchandra suggests to pass on all his good virtues to his people so that they can rightfully accompany him to heaven.

[8] The film was inspired by an Urdu language drama, Harishchandra (written by Narain Prasad Betab).