Sarvadaman D. Banerjee as Shankara

M. V. Narayanarao as Sureshwara

Manjunath Bhat as Padmapada

Leela Narayana Rao as Ubhaya Bharathi

L. V. Sharada Rao as Aryamba

Bharat Bhushan as Shivaguru

T. S. Nagabharana as Mrithyu

Srinivasa Prabhu as Prajnana

Gopal as Thotaka

V.R.K Prasad as Hasthamalaka

Gopalakrishnan as Nambudiri

Gayatri Balusha as Amalaka Lady

Balasubramanyam as Rich Man

Balu Barghava as Chiushka

Ajay as Sathyakama

Sripathi Ballal as Kumarila Bhatta

Vijay Bharan as Young Mrithyu

Radhakrishna Bokka as Baby Shankara

Gopinath Das as Govinda Bhagavathpada

Girish as Vidyananda

Gopi as Young Shankara

G. V. Iyer as Veda Vyasa

Raghu Iyer as Young Prajnana

Veena Kamal as Jabali

Mallesh as Kapalika

Manohar as Mama

Murgod as Chandala

G. S. Narataj as Matavishnu

Purushotham as Boudha Bikshu

G.V. Shivanand as Guru

Mahesh Swamy as Boudha Guru