Plot
Set during the reign of the Kadamba dynasty in ancient coastal Karnataka, the story explores the mythical origins of the sacred traditions and divine guardians introduced in the original Kantara. Deep within the mysterious forests of Kantara lies a protected spiritual realm guarded by powerful Daivas — Panjurli and Guliga — who maintain the balance between nature and mankind.
The kingdom of Bangra, ruled by the ruthless king Vijayendra, seeks to gain more areas to add into his kingdom. While taking a bath, a mysterious person named Mayakara spies on him and is caught. While he is dragged, fresh spices from the Kantara forest fall from his pocket. Seeing this, Vijayendra decides to exploit the forest's sacred spice lands and enslaves villagers to expand his empire. However, when Vijayendra enters the forbidden forest, he is trapped by Mayakara and encounters supernatural forces (Daivas) that destroy him, leaving his traumatized son Rajashekara to inherit the throne and swear never to disturb the sacred land again.
Years later, a mysterious child named Berme is discovered inside a sacred well and raised by a tribal girl, Baidi, who is connected to the mystical powers in Kantara. As he grows, Berme becomes a fearless warrior deeply connected to the forest and its spiritual powers. Meanwhile, the ambitious prince Kulashekara and Princess Kanakavathi, children of Rajashekhara, are forbidden to enter the forest by Rajashekhara as he believed a Bramha-Rakshasa lives there. Kulashekhara is crowned king at a suitable age, and he appoints Bhogendra, his friend as his minister and they just exploit the kingdom's resources. They go for a hunt in Kantara with multiple soldiers, but all of them are ambushed by Berme and his friends, while the king and his friends run away. One soldier, Chenna, is still alive and agrees to take Berme's group to Bangra in exchange of him being spared alive. Berme and his friends enter as guards, and there he meets Kanakavathi. Later, the gang gets noticed stealing spices, causing them to create havoc and destroy multiple shops and houses. They are later caught by the soldiers and taken to Kulashekhara, who has them whipped. They are later jailed, but a soldier, Booba, accidentally gets them out after he gets high on forest herbs given by Berme. They escape, take a citizen Sankappa, who was the architect of Bangra's weapons and kingdom walls. They go to Kantara and start agricultural practices, and trade the products in Bangra's port. Meanwhile, Berme forms a connection with Kanakavathi, who teaches him the basics of trading, displeasing Kulashekhara. One day, Berme and his friends decide to go deep into the forest for more resources, but they are suddenly attacked by the Kadappa tribe, skilled in black magic and incorporate the Slender Loris into their dark rituals and practices. They overpower Berme's gang, but as they are about to kill Berme and his friends, a tiger (Huli) appears and kills the leader of the tribe, causing the animals to flee and allowing the gang to escape. It is revealed that the Kadapa tribe arrived in Kantara, seeking refuge. They appeared to be innocent at first, but later started to exploit the powers of Daivas, causing Huli Daiva to appear and drive them out. Later, Kulashekhara sends Bhogendra to remove Berme from the port, he is brutally beaten up by Berme, who takes control of Bangra Port. When Rajashekhara mocks Kulashekhara for this, he is angered and intoxicates Rajashekhara and decides to take an attempt to reclaim control over the sacred lands and exploit their divine energy for political power.
Kulashekhara then attacks Kantara in the night while Berme and his friends are out. He kills multiple people, including Baidi right as Berme arrives. Suddenly, Berme is possessed by Guliga Daiva, who then single-handedly finishes rest of the army and kills Kulashekhara. Both parties suffer equal losses. Kanakavathi arrives and asks for a truce and permission to install the idols of Daivas in the palace's temple. The villagers agree after seeking the permission of the Daivas. But soon, animals start to mysteriously die, and that is when Berme realises that Kanakavathi is the real enemy. The kingdom was involved with the Kadapa tribe and installed the idols at their temple so that the people of Kadapa could feast on the Daivas' powers and become stronger.
Learning this, Berme wages a war against Bangra with the help of his tribal family. While they fight against the army, Kanakavathi makes a mystic sealing, preventing the Daivas to intervene, and then she performs a ritual on Rajashekhara with the help of the leader of Kadapa which would make him strong and capable enough to kill Berme. After sunset, Rajashekhara gets possessed and they come onto the battlefield and start killing people. Mayakara suddenly appears and tells Berme to go to the well from where he was found. Upon reaching there, Berme encounters a Shivalingam, and also the Bramha-Rakshasa. While fighting the Rakshasa, Berme touches the trident, leading him to be possessed by Guliga Daiva again. Berme along with Huli Daiva reach the battlefield. Since Guliga Daiva refused to harm a lady, his sister, Chavundi Daiva, possesses Berme and kills both Rajashekhara and Kanakavathi.
The story ends with Berme vanishing into the sacred well, cementing his place as part of the eternal legend of Kantara and setting the stage for the next chapter in the saga.
