TARA is the daughter of a poor priest living in a remote village in Odisha. One day, a handsome stranger arrives in the village and charms the villagers with his glib talk and generosity. In fact, his mother belonged to the same village and he reconnects with his old aunt. Tara too is smitten by him. She is married off hurriedly to the stranger, SHYAMACHARAN, who lives in a distant town. Shyamacharan, a practising Tantrik initiates Tara into the rites of Tantrism, who pursues it seriously and evolves spiritually. She gradually discovers that her husband is a small-time crook. However Shyama falls in love with her and wants to change for the better, so he decides to sell his property and start a business elsewhere, where he'll not be recognized as a thief and harassed by the police. SANATAN DAS, a philanthropist and a social worker of reputation, runs an Ashram for destitute women and is a prospective buyer of Shyama's land. But Shyama is keen to sell his property to the petty contractor, Rasik Babu for a better price, even though the latter has an eye on his wife. One day, Rasik Babu sends his men to invite Shyama for a drink and he visits Tara while she is alone at home. She is busy worshipping the Goddess Kali but a drunk Rasik Babu tries to molest her. She takes out the dagger and tries to kill Rasik but Shyama arrives and stops her from committing the act. Tara misunderstands Shyama and thinks that he is trying to prostitute her. So she leaves him and seeks refuge in Sanatan Babu’s Ashram. She is highly impressed by Sanatan's moral values and wide knowledge. Shyama visits the Ashram to take back his wife but Tara refuses to go back.Sanatan and Tara go to a village to help an underage girl who had run away from home. While Tara is alone with Sanatan Babu, she discovers that he is attracted towards her. He opens his heart out and wants to be with her to start a new life but she is disillusioned with him and finds him as weak as any other man. Tara leaves him and contemplates suicide. Later, a wiser Tara returns to her husband and accepts life as it is. A repentant Sanatan comes to Tara to apologize, but she refuses to acknowledge. The next day he is found dead! The police declare it as a case of suicide by drowning. Tara is moved by his greatness. One morning, she is discovered in a trance sitting near the Kali temple of her father’s village. The villagers deify her. Shyama grabs the opportunity and basks in the glory of her fame. One day in the midst of a celebration, where Tara is being worshipped as the Goddess Kali, the police arrive to arrest Shyama for Sanatan's murder. A visibly shaken Shyama pleads with Tara to save him but she refuses. Enraged, he stabs her. Does she die or achieve NIRVANA?