The entire temple layout is a bit different from most other temples. There is no raja gopuram; instead there is a welcome arch, which leads to an open area housing the dhwajasthambam. Beyond this is an open area, with the Amman shrine on the right. The Amman shrine extends (later construction) to the Nandi mandapam in front of the dhwajasthambam, so one cannot directly see the maha mandapam from here.
Straight ahead is the maha mandapam and garbhagriham, but these seem to be below normal ground level – this is likely due to increasing the ground level in the rest of the temple area. As is the case with several old Chola temples in this area, the lower part of the temple is made of granite while the upper portion is made of brick, mud and plaster.
The entire outer wall of the maha mandapam has only empty koshtams, and even the architecture here is very rudimentary, yet ancient. Therefore, this seems to provide further evidence of the time of original construction of this temple. The whole of the vimanam is made of stone, but being an early period medieval Chola temple, does not have significant imagery and sculptural work on it. On the outer wall of the garbhagriham there is a beautiful bas relief of Sembian Madevi worshipping Siva.
In the koshtam are a seated Vinayakar (and not Nardhana Vinayakar), Dakshinamurti, in a separate and enclosed shrine (with a beautiful, though not original, vigraham of Dakshinamurti), Lingodhbhavar, Brahma, and Durga. Of these, Durga in the koshtam is portrayed quite similar to the one at nearby Tirupullamangai, though the attendant deities are absent. In the prakaram are Vinayakar, Murugan with his consorts Valli and Deivanai, and Chandikeswarar. There is no Navagraham shrine at this temple.
In the inscriptions found in the temple, the name of the place is noted as Kulothunga Chola Valanaadu, and Rajendra Chola Chaturvedi Mangalam. This indicates that the temple existed in the time of Rajendra Chola, but was likely built earlier. There is another inscription from the time of Kulothunga Chola III, which refers to the rules of proceedings at the village elders’ committee (sabhai).
The temple comes under the control and administration of the Swamimalai Murugan temple.