[1] Its presiding deity is Karuppu Sami, also known as Navaladian and Judge Durai and known as Pattamarathan.

King Mohur Pazhayan ruled Mohanur and prayed to Navaladian before making decisions.

Devotees throng the temple seeking solutions for burden of debt, family problems, incurable diseases, for success in raising cattle and for children and suitable marriage alliances.

They state their grievances in a petition as if submitting to an official and tie them in the Pattamaram tree in the temple.

The Chera King Senguttuvan performed the field puja here before invading to the north.