Set in 17th century Dehu, Maharashtra, Tukaram, who is a farmer and a grocer loses interest in the material world and neglects his worldly duties after losing his first wife and child in a famine. Brahmin Salomalo claims that Tukaram stole his verses, and questions a shudra's right to examine the Hindu scriptures, Vedas, a right reserved for Brahmins. Tukaram is ordered to immerse his works into the river and never discuss religion in public. Tukaram complies and sits on 13 days fast with his family on the river bank. God returns Tukaram's work back to him and Salomalo becomes Tukaram's devotee. Maratha King Shivaji also becomes a great devotee of Saint Tukaram. The film also depicts and reflects various unbelievable miracles of Tukaram like God visiting him, showering of grains from the sky, curing a sick boy and in the end, going to the heaven in a celestial chariot.
