The temple is maintained and administered by the Tamilnadu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu.

The place is called Uraiyur or Tirumukkeswaram, was once the capital of Chola kings as noted to Greek traveller Ptolemy.

[2] Panchavarnaswamy temple complex has three prakarams (outer courtyard) and a five-tiered rajagopuram (gateway tower).

The central shrine faces east and holds the image of Panchavarnaswamy (Shiva) in the form of lingam made of granite.

One of them dated the fourth year of a ruling Chola king records a gift of the village Atigunakapaganallur to the maintenance of the temple.

The temple rituals are performed six times a day; Ushathkalam at 5:30 a.m., Kalasanthi at 8:00 a.m., Uchikalam at 10:00 a.m., Sayarakshai at 5:00 p.m., Irandamkalam at 7:00 p.m. and Ardha Jamam at 8:00 p.m. Each ritual comprises four steps: abhisheka (sacred bath), alangaram (decoration), naivedyam (food offering) and dīpa ārādhanai or dīpārādhanā ( in Hindi ) (waving of lamps) for both Panchavarnaswamy and Amman.