Young Buddhist monk Ananda, arrives at a temple in order to restore its paintings. These paintings depict Thelapaththa Jathakaya, a moral story where Lord Buddha said that a man with a big target in life must not be swayed by passion (Keles), the five senses and especially beautiful women. One day, Ananda picks up a hair pin belonging to a young woman. While attempting to return this object to its owner, his repressed feelings are awoken by the beauty and sensuality of the woman. The young monk's inner spiritual world is plunged into turmoil. Then one day the paintings are destroyed. While restoring them for the second time Ananda begins to realize that he is trapped in a web of his worldly desires and attachments.

Abasiri's wife Suddhi abandoned him and the village a long time ago. Now, Abasiri and his young friend Mani are summoned to identify a woman who was raped and murdered in the city. Hiding his personal distress after the shocking discovery that it's his own wife, Abasiri embarks on a strange journey with a coffin heading through hauntingly beautiful hill stations towards the village where embarrassing rumors of Suddhi's demise are already spreading. In the last part of this poetic travelogue, dead Suddhi confronts the villagers with their own hypocrisy and shortcomings.