Constructed in South Indian Style of Architecture, the temple is glorified in the Nalayira Divya Prabandham, the early medieval Tamil canon of the Alvar saints from the 6th–9th centuries CE.

In the Ramayana, Ravana, the rakshasa king abducted Sita, the wife of Rama during their exile in a forest.

Jatayu, the eagle king, fought a valiant battle with Ravana who had taken Sita captive in the Pushpaka Vimana.

The same legend is associated with Vijayaraghava Perumal temple in Thiruputkuzhi[3] King Krita is believed to have worshiped Vishnu here.

The temple is revered in Nalayira Divya Prabandham, the 7th–9th century Vaishnava canon, by Kulasekhara Alvar in one hymn.

As at other Vishnu temples of Tamil Nadu, the priests belong to the Vaishnavaite community, from the Brahmin varna.

The temple rituals are performed six times a day: Ushathkalam at 7 a.m., Kalasanthi at 8:00 a.m., Uchikalam at 12:00 p.m., Sayarakshai at 5:00 p.m., Irandamkalam at 6:00 p.m. and Ardha Jamam at 7:30 p.m. Each ritual has three steps: alankaaram (decoration), neivedyam (food offering) and deepa aradanai (waving of lamps) for both Vijayaraghava Perumal and Maragathavalli.