According to local tradition, this is one of the sites where Vishnu rested on his mount Adishesha to prevent the gushing Sarasvati river, also called Vegavati, from disrupting and destroying the yagna performed by Brahma, to seek the grace of the deity at Kanchipuram.

Vishnu is regarded to lay on Adishesha at three places: Pallikonda (As Uthara Ranganathar) near Vellore, Thirupparkadal, and finally at Kanchipuram, where the temple is called Tiruvekka (As Yathothrakari).

[1] According to local tradition, a Vaishnava maharishi named Pundarika visited Thirupparkadal to have a darshana (auspicious vision) of the deity Ranganatha.

Adjacent to the structure is a kodimaram, a tank dedicated to Pundarika called Pundareega Pushkarani, and an altar, a small mandapam, and the maharishi gopuram.

Inside the inner sanctum, the presiding deity Venkatesa Perumal stands on Avudaiyar (Shiva lingam) with in an abhayamudra.