Maharaj is periodic drama based on true events of the Maharaj Libel Case and Saurabh Shah's book ‘Maharaj’. The story is set in the 1860s of pre-independence Vadaal, Gujarat and Bombay, Maharashtra, India on the life and times of Karsandas Mulji (Junaid Khan), a progressive writer and reformer who belongs to the Vaishnav sect and works tirelessly for people’s rights. Karsandas Mulji one day decides to stand against the age-old tradition carried out by the locals to impress the head priest Jadunath Maharaj (Jaideep Ahlawat) where the latter exploits young girls ending up making them pregnant. Karsandas fights the court case against Jadunath Maharaj to question his immoral behaviour and put an end to the tradition.