Meanwhile, Padayappa discovers that a hill on his newly purchased property is composed of solid granite, which allows him to start a granite business, from which he becomes exponentially wealthy. He uses the money to help the poor in his village, and provide them jobs. As his business flourishes, his family can once again settle down. Padayappa assumes his father's position as the village chieftain, and his sister marries an engineer who works in his company. When Neelambari learns about Padayappa's love for Vasundhara, she becomes jealous of her, and her parents beg Padayappa's widowed mother to allow Neelambari to marry Padayappa. To everyone's surprise, Padayappa's mother humiliates Padayappa's maternal uncle in front of the entire village when she agrees to a marriage between Padayappa and Vasundhara with Vasundhara's mother, her brother's servant. Unable to bear the humiliation, Padayappa's maternal uncle commits suicide.