The film starts with the penance of Sage Bhadra (Sarath Babu) who becomes a hill

with the blessings of Lord Rama. In later centuries, Dammakka (Sujatha), the tribal
lady, and worshiper of Lord Rama unearths and looks after the idols of Rama on the
hill and awaits someone who can construct a temple there. On the other hand,
Gopanna and his cousin Kamala fall in love and marry after a small conflict with
their parents. After the marriage, Tanisha, the emperor of Golconda, with the
recommendation of Akkanna and Madanna (the uncles of Gopanna), appoints Gopanna as
Tehsildar of Husnabad. Thus, a Muslim who had been the Tehsildar of the place is
dethroned for the sake of Gopanna. That ignites disgust among a few groups who
attempt to murder Gopanna. However, Dammakka saves him while he lies unconscious on
the bank of Godavari. She shows him the place of Bhadragiri and Gopanna becomes an
ardent devotee of Rama. After a series of incidents, he decides to construct the
Rama Mandir on the hill. He collects funds from people and with the help of
Kabirdas, his guru completes the construction of the temple. Lord Rama, Lakshmana,
Seetha, and Anjaneya live in invisible forms in the place during the construction.
They keep on guarding Gopanna until he accomplishes his mission. Thus, with immense
bhakti on Lord Rama, Gopanna becomes Ramadasu.

The enemies of Ramadasu pass on a negative message to Tanisha about him, stating
that he constructed the temple with money taken from other people without the
king's permission. Exasperated, Tanisha imprisons Ramadasu. After many ordeals
faced by Ramadasu in prison, Lord Rama, and Lakshmana appear to Tanisha in a dream
and pay the required amount to him. Then Tanisha releases Ramadasu from prison and
discovers that the two who cleared the debt were Lord Rama and Lakshmana. After
being released from prison, Ramadasu is frustrated that he never obtained a
darshanam (appearance/glimpse) of Rama. He realizes that Rama is in his heart and
cuts open his chest. Sri Rama and Sitamma appear from his heart and heal his
wounds. Rama offers Gopanna the chance to go to Vaikunta as a living man, a boon
granted to few. When Gopanna asks what is there in Vaikunta (The Highest Heaven),
Rama says there is only happiness and no need to pray. However, Gopanna can only
find happiness in saying Rama's name. As the only man ever to refuse Vaikuntha,
Rama grants his wish: Ramadasu's spirit will remain forever in the Bhadrachalam
Temple. The movie ends with Kancherla Gopanna, now Sri Ramadasu, looking down
fondly at the temple in the modern-day.