The earliest inscriptions in the temple date from 750 AD and belong to the reign of the Pallava king Nandivarman.

The present structure is believed to have been constructed by Sembiyan Mahadevi, the mother of Uttama Chola in 979.

[citation needed] An inscription from the period of Gandaraditya I indicates a gift of 8 ma of land to the temple by Masenan Madan of Sirukattur to supply five pots of water everyday from the river Kaveri by the servants.

[2] Praises of the temple have been sung by the Saivite saints Appar and Sambandar.

The temple has separate shrines for Vinayaga, Muruga, Gajalakshmi, Saptha Kanniyar, Bhairavar, Surya, Chandra, Sani, Durvasa and Nataraja.