When Karuthamma is giving a ceremonial bath to Ponnatha's body, she notices bloodstains on her abdomen. Ponnatha had earlier expressed her fear to her that if she delivered a girl again, Kaliamma would kill her. Karuthamma, devastated by the death of her sister, does not believe this story. He and Kaliamma lie that Ponnatha committed suicide as her third child was also a girl. To save her child, Ponnatha escapes with her baby and is chased by Thavasi, who beats her to death the child also dies. As a girl is born again, Kaliamma orders to kill it. Ponnatha has two daughters and is pregnant for the third time. After getting into some tiff with Stephen, Karuthamma falls in love with him. The second daughter, Karuthamma, takes care of the family. Mokkaiyan's first daughter Ponnatha is married to Thavasi, the son of Mokkaiyan's nefarious sister Kaliamma. Years later, Stephen, a veterinarian, comes to the village. She hands over the infant, and he moves away from the village. Soosai notices this, meets her, and requests to hand over the infant so that he can raise her. Mooli reluctantly tries to feed the cactus extract to the baby at a secluded place. When Mokkatha delivers a girl again, Mokkaiyan orders the village midwife Mooli to kill the baby. A new school teacher, Soosai, feels sad on learning about this practice. Unable to pay hefty dowries for their daughters' marriages, the villagers consider female infanticide acceptable. They already have two daughters and are keen to have a son two daughters born earlier were killed soon after birth by feeding them with poisonous cactus extract. Mokkatha, the wife of Mokkaiyan, a farmer in Pottalpetti village, is in labour. ( November 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed.
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