The temple is constructed in the South Indian style of architecture, dedicated to the god Rama, the seventh avatar of Vishnu.

As per Legend, after departure from his kingdom Ayodhya to the forest, the exiled prince Rama visited the hermitage of the sage Bharadvaja.

[citation needed] After the ritual consecration of the icon of Rama, Bharadvaja built the sanctum sanctorum and the pujas were continued by the sage and his disciples.

The presiding deity, Ramaswamy (Rama), along with Sita, is sported with two arms seated in the central shrine in an elevated structure with Bharata, Lakshmana, Shatrughna, Hanuman, Vibhishana, Bharadvaja and Vasishta serving and worshiping them.

The prime temple festival, the Brahmotsavam takes place every year in the month of Chaitra for 10 days around Ramanavami, which celebrates the birth of Rama.