When a flock of herons wheeled overhead at the moment of Devi`s birth, it seemed that her life would be touched by fate. As a child, Devi befriends a young boy whose mother has died in tragic circumstances. Over the years, Devi & Devanna become inseparable as they go to school together & learn more about the extended family that surrounds them. However things change when Devi meets Muthi, a young man who has killed a tiger & is feted as a hero. Although she is still a child & Muthi is a man, Devi vows that one day she will marry him. It is this love that will gradually drive a wedge between her & her friend Devanna, who has been taken under the wing of a local missionary. For Devi is blind to the fact that Devanna himself has fallen for her. Devanna leaves the village to study medicine, in the hope that when he returns Devi will see his worth & return his love, but then a tragedy changes the fate of all three, with far-reaching consequences for the generations to come.