The temple is facing east with Lord Valampuri Vinayaka gracing the devotees.  The Shivalinga in the sanctum sanctorum is very small in size made of sand.  There are signs on the Linga showing that it was made of sand.  The Avudayar-peeta is of stone.  There are shrines for Lords Valampuri Vinayaka, Lingodhbava, Muruga, Navagrahas the nine planets, Sun and Moon.  The statue of a trader Danajaya in worshipping form is before the Ambica shrine.

It is believed that Lord Sri Rama worshipped here before proceeding to Lanka.  As there was delay in getting a Linga from Hanuman, to keep the puja time, it is said that Sri Rama made a Linga with sand, the Prithvi Linga.  The Linga brought by Hanuman is also in the temple as Hanumantha Linga.

According to one story that a trader Dananjayan by name incurred leprosy as he had an intercourse with his step mother unknowingly and got cured with his prayers to Lord.