K-Ramp

After Annappa, Kaadubettu Shiva's father, disappears during the Buta Kola ritual in 1970 in the mysterious circle of the forest,[a] a young Shiva questions it in front of his friends and family, to which a villager responds that the circle is a "dhantha kathe", or legend.The story begins during the reign of the Kadamba dynasty. Vijayendra, king of Bangra, orders the execution of Mayakara, a fisherman and discovers a pouch of precious spices that sparks his desire to seize the sacred spice garden located within the Kantara forest. When he enters the forest, the ganas of Eeshwara and guardian daivas, Panjurli and Guliga, manifest and kill him. His son, Rajashekara, traumatized by his father's death, becomes the new king and decrees that no one should enter the forest. He is portrayed as a just ruler and fathers two children: Kulashekhara, who grows up reckless and indulgent, and Kanakavathi, the more loyal and obedient child.

K-Ramp

After Annappa, Kaadubettu Shiva's father, disappears during the Buta Kola ritual in 1970 in the mysterious circle of the forest,[a] a young Shiva questions it in front of his friends and family, to which a villager responds that the circle is a "dhantha kathe", or legend.The story begins during the reign of the Kadamba dynasty. Vijayendra, king of Bangra, orders the execution of Mayakara, a fisherman and discovers a pouch of precious spices that sparks his desire to seize the sacred spice garden located within the Kantara forest. When he enters the forest, the ganas of Eeshwara and guardian daivas, Panjurli and Guliga, manifest and kill him. His son, Rajashekara, traumatized by his father's death, becomes the new king and decrees that no one should enter the forest. He is portrayed as a just ruler and fathers two children: Kulashekhara, who grows up reckless and indulgent, and Kanakavathi, the more loyal and obedient child.

K-Ramp

After Annappa, Kaadubettu Shiva's father, disappears during the Buta Kola ritual in 1970 in the mysterious circle of the forest,[a] a young Shiva questions it in front of his friends and family, to which a villager responds that the circle is a "dhantha kathe", or legend.The story begins during the reign of the Kadamba dynasty. Vijayendra, king of Bangra, orders the execution of Mayakara, a fisherman and discovers a pouch of precious spices that sparks his desire to seize the sacred spice garden located within the Kantara forest. When he enters the forest, the ganas of Eeshwara and guardian daivas, Panjurli and Guliga, manifest and kill him. His son, Rajashekara, traumatized by his father's death, becomes the new king and decrees that no one should enter the forest. He is portrayed as a just ruler and fathers two children: Kulashekhara, who grows up reckless and indulgent, and Kanakavathi, the more loyal and obedient child.

K-Ramp

After Annappa, Kaadubettu Shiva's father, disappears during the Buta Kola ritual in 1970 in the mysterious circle of the forest,[a] a young Shiva questions it in front of his friends and family, to which a villager responds that the circle is a "dhantha kathe", or legend.The story begins during the reign of the Kadamba dynasty. Vijayendra, king of Bangra, orders the execution of Mayakara, a fisherman and discovers a pouch of precious spices that sparks his desire to seize the sacred spice garden located within the Kantara forest. When he enters the forest, the ganas of Eeshwara and guardian daivas, Panjurli and Guliga, manifest and kill him. His son, Rajashekara, traumatized by his father's death, becomes the new king and decrees that no one should enter the forest. He is portrayed as a just ruler and fathers two children: Kulashekhara, who grows up reckless and indulgent, and Kanakavathi, the more loyal and obedient child.

K-Ramp

After Annappa, Kaadubettu Shiva's father, disappears during the Buta Kola ritual in 1970 in the mysterious circle of the forest,[a] a young Shiva questions it in front of his friends and family, to which a villager responds that the circle is a "dhantha kathe", or legend.The story begins during the reign of the Kadamba dynasty. Vijayendra, king of Bangra, orders the execution of Mayakara, a fisherman and discovers a pouch of precious spices that sparks his desire to seize the sacred spice garden located within the Kantara forest. When he enters the forest, the ganas of Eeshwara and guardian daivas, Panjurli and Guliga, manifest and kill him. His son, Rajashekara, traumatized by his father's death, becomes the new king and decrees that no one should enter the forest. He is portrayed as a just ruler and fathers two children: Kulashekhara, who grows up reckless and indulgent, and Kanakavathi, the more loyal and obedient child.

K-Ramp

After Annappa, Kaadubettu Shiva's father, disappears during the Buta Kola ritual in 1970 in the mysterious circle of the forest,[a] a young Shiva questions it in front of his friends and family, to which a villager responds that the circle is a "dhantha kathe", or legend.The story begins during the reign of the Kadamba dynasty. Vijayendra, king of Bangra, orders the execution of Mayakara, a fisherman and discovers a pouch of precious spices that sparks his desire to seize the sacred spice garden located within the Kantara forest. When he enters the forest, the ganas of Eeshwara and guardian daivas, Panjurli and Guliga, manifest and kill him. His son, Rajashekara, traumatized by his father's death, becomes the new king and decrees that no one should enter the forest. He is portrayed as a just ruler and fathers two children: Kulashekhara, who grows up reckless and indulgent, and Kanakavathi, the more loyal and obedient child.