The temple has six daily rituals (poojahs) at various times from 6:00 a.m. to 9 p.m., and twelve yearly festivals on its calendar.

As per Hindu legend, Shiva descended to give evidence (Sakshi in Tamil) for a Chettiar lady and hence the presiding deity came to be known as Sakshinathar.

Chola king Aditya I built a temple in sweet remembrance of the turn of tide in his favour and named it Aditeshwaram.

The sanctum wall contains beautiful sculptures of Parivara devatas(other deities of Siva temple).

[5] An inscription on the west wall of the central shrine belonging to the period of Gandaraditya Chola indicates that a gift of 2 ma of land was given to the temple by Savandi Kumaran, Madevan of Idayarkudi, a local chieftian of Innambarnadu.

[6] Sakshinatheswarar Temple is dedicated to Shiva and is located in Thirupurambiyam, a village in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

There are separate shrines for Nalvar, Dakshinamurthy, Nrithivu Nayakkar, Arthanariswarar, Mahalakshmi, Arumugam, Brahma, Durga and Chandikeswarar.

[3] The temple finds mention in Tevaram, the 7th century 12 volume Saiva canonical work by Tamil saints, namely Appar, Sundarar and Campantar.

The temple rituals are performed six times a day; Kalasanthi at 6:00 a.m., Irandam Kalm at 9:00 a.m., Uchikalam at 12:00 a.m., Sayarakshai at 6:00 p.m, Irandam Kalm at 7:30 p.m., and Arthajamam at 9:00 p.m.. Each ritual comprises four steps: abhisheka (sacred bath), alangaram (decoration), naivethanam (food offering) and deepa aradanai (waving of lamps) for Sakshinatheswarar and Ikshuvani.

There are weekly rituals like somavaram (Monday) and sukravaram (Friday), fortnightly rituals like pradosham, and monthly festivals like amavasai (new moon day), kiruthigai, pournami (full moon day) and sathurthi.