Based on age-old Buddhist folklore connected with Mauryan Emperor Ashoka's son Kunal.
Chittoor V. Nagayya
as King Ashoka
P. Kannamba
as Queen Tishyarakshita
T. V. Kumudhini
as Wife of Prince Kunal
N. S. Krishnan
as
M. G. Ramachandran
as Mahendran
Ranjan
as Gautama Buddha
Nagercoil Mahadevan
as Buddha bhikshu
M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar
as Gunalan
T. A. Madhuram
as
