Iringannoor Bharathan Pisharody, professor on the Sanskrit College, a really educated man with a eager curiosity within the Vedas, astrology and Kathakali, creator of a number of essential works and winner of quite a few awards, is the central character of Vadakkum Nathan. Meera (Padmapriya) is his pupil and murapennu. Each households have agreed to their marriage ceremony and a date has been fastened. However when the auspicious day dawns and the bride arrives on the mandapam the groom has disappeared. Years go. Nobody is aware of Bharathan's whereabouts.Then at some point his mom and youthful brother on a pilgrimage to the holy shrines of Haridwar, Kedarnath, Rishikesh and Rudraprayag, meet Bharathan on the foothills of the Himalayas. From there unfolds the touching story of Vadakkum Nathan.