Outside the temple compound on the banks of Killi River, icons of Bhadrakali and Veerabhadra, Nagaraja and Nagayakshi are consecrated.

The days of Pradosham, Shivrathri, Makara Vilakku are considered sacred for worship at this temple.

Offerings are made by devotees in the form of anointing the deity with water, rosewater, milk, tender coconut water, ghee and so on; presenting garlands made up of sacred leaves of the bael tree (vilwa leaves in Sanskrit, koovalam in Malayalam); Ganapathi Homam, Mrityunjaya Homam (fire rituals); Archana; Muzhukappu (adorning the deities with sandalwood paste); payasam (sweet porridge) and so on.

In most Shiva temples, going round the sanctum is not allowed: the custom is to finish three quarters of the pradakshinam (circumambulation) upto the passage of the holy water somasootham and then return and start from the beginning.

In this temple, however, as a practice followed from the early days and found by astrological consultation (deva prasnam), the full pradakshinam is allowed.