[2] In the earlier days, agriculture was the primary activity with hygienic and sweet water available from the multitude of tanks also called "Kuttai" and "Kulam".

The polluted river and vanishing tanks had dealt a big, still unrecoverable blow to agriculture, dairy farming, rice mills and paddy-hulling in these areas.

Apart from water pollution, scarcity of water and steep rise in labor costs in an unorganized labor sectoras resulted in agriculture taking a back seat and the traditional hereditary farms called "Thottams" are fast vanishing.

Agricultural lands are now giving way to accommodate handlooms, spinning mills, stone quarries, mining and poultry farms around this place.

A vital rail link of the Indian Railways runs through Uthukuli making it accessible to other parts of the country.

In the year 2009 Kumbaabishekam has been conducted to the newly built temple and many people attended and received the blessings of Lord Kalasamurgan.