Njan Gandharvan

Bhama, a study-tour student, discovers a carved wooden sculpture on the beach and decides to keep it. That night in her hotel, the sculpture comes alive and passionately kisses her before vanishing. This eerie encounter seeds a mysterious bond that will recur throughout the story.

During her study leave, Bhama senses a presence and follows it to a tree, where a blue butterfly appears. A voice introduces itself as a gandharva who has taken a liking to her. The man materializes before her as Devan, a handsome stranger she is drawn to.

Bhama falls in love with Devan, who explains that he is Indra's slave and cannot remember his past once he returns to Devaloka. He warns that he is bound by divine laws, yet he offers Bhama a diamond called Rudhiraksham as a token of their bond. He tells her that she can summon him by kissing the diamond.

Pradeep, Bhama's fiancé, tries to woo her, but she resists his advances. Bhama and Devan are seen together at restaurants and parks, which Pradeep reports to Bhama's mother. Devan then visits Bhama's house and uses his musical talent to win over her mother and grandmother, who begin to favor their union.

One evening, Devan loses his voice. A voice speaks from the fallen branch of the Paala tree, warning that he has broken the laws of Devaloka and will be punished by Chitraradhan. Bhama and Devan try to flee but are thwarted, and Bhama is warned not to summon him again with Rudhiraksham.

Bhama's family grows worried about her happiness and accepts the idea of her marriage to Devan. They push her toward a decision, hoping to secure her future, while she struggles with the looming divine punishment.

Against the warning, Bhama uses the Rudhiraksham to summon Devan. Devan does not appear, and Bhama is subjected to visions of punishments yet to come for the gandharvan. The moment deepens her pain and the sense that their love may be doomed.

More than a week passes before Devan returns to Bhama. He explains that he endured seven nights and seven days of torture in Chitraradhan's celestial palace for appearing in public and singing for others. He reveals the severity of his punishment and the cost of loving a mortal.

A burning celestial handcuff falls on Devan's forearm, and Brahma speaks, warning of harsher punishments in Naraka for his desire for mortal life. He is forbidden from all sunlit days and moonlit nights, and Rudhiraksham loses its power. Brahma reveals that only by taking Bhama's virginity before the Seventeenth Wind can Devan erase their memories.

Devan chooses not to submit to the harsher fate free of memory, and Bhama volunteers to sacrifice her virginity to save him. They spend a passionate night together, hoping to erase his memories and give him a chance at life away from divine punishment. The act marks the culmination of their love amid impossible odds.

As the Seventeenth Wind of the Night arrives, Devan vanishes after their union. Bhama is left weeping, realizing that their memories and each other may be erased as the consequences of their choices unfold. The tale ends with her longing for him as night falls.