The temple has beautiful architecture pieces and has been built by the Thanjavur Nayak kings during the 16th century.

The central shrine houses the image of Rama in a seated posture with his consort Sita.

The sixty four pillars in the hall near the gopuram are sculpted with exquisite finesse depicting various episodes of the epic Ramayana.

[8] On the walls of the prakaram (closed precincts of a temple), Ramayanam is depicted in pictorial format in three segments.

[9] The paintings of Ramayana are considered one of the major depictions of the epic in art form in India.

The temple rituals are performed six times a day; Tiruvanandal at 8:00 a.m., Kala santhi at 9:00 a.m., Uchikalam at 12:30 p.m., Ntiyanusandhanam at 6:00 p.m., Irandamkalam at 7:30 p.m. and Ardha Jamam at 9:00 p.m. Each ritual comprises three steps: alangaram (decoration), neivethanam (food offering) and deepa aradanai (waving of lamps) for both Sarangapani and Thayar.

The worship is held amidst music with nagaswaram (pipe instrument) and tavil (percussion instrument), religious instructions in the Vedas (sacred text) read by priests and prostration by worshippers in front of the temple mast.

The major festival in the temple is Rama Navami during the Tamil month of Panguni (March–April).