Chittoor V. Nagayya

as King Ashoka

P. Kannamba

as Queen Tishyarakshita

T. V. Kumudhini

as Wife of Prince Kunal

N. S. Krishnan

M. G. Ramachandran

as Mahendran

Ranjan

as Gautama Buddha

Nagercoil Mahadevan

as Buddha bhikshu