The temple is maintained and administered by Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu.

The Mahamandapa houses the image of Vedha Vinagayar who is sported in a posture hearing the four Vedas from Shiva.

[3] The temple is maintained and administered by Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu.

[4] Tirugnana Sambandar, a 7th-century Tamil Saivite poet, venerated Vedhapureeswarar in two padigams in Tevaram, compiled as the Third Tirumurai.

Saint Campantar, while worshiping the Lord of the temple, sang his pathigam (10 versus) hymn, viz "Neeruvari ada".

In the seventh verse, of this song, Saint Sambandar, mentions, the Lord's Mercy on all those aspiring for most auspicious wedding.

As per Hindu legend, it is the wedding festival of Nandikeswara, the sacred bull of Shiva on the Punarpoosa star during the Tamil month of Panguni.

Each of the festival deities of the respective temples mounted in glass palanquins accompany Aiyarppar on the way to the final destiny, Thillaistanam.

Hundreds of people witness the convergence of seven glass palanquins carrying principal deities of respective temples from seven places at Tiruvaiyaru.

Like other Shiva temples of Tamil Nadu, the priests belong to the Shaiva community, a Brahmin sub-caste.

The temple rituals are performed five times a day; Ushathkalam at 6:30 a.m., Kalasanthi at 8:00 a.m., Uchikalam at 12:00 a.m., Sayarakshai at 5:00 p.m., and Ardha Jamam at 8:00 p.m. Each ritual comprises four steps: abhisheka (sacred bath), alangaram (decoration), naivethanam (food offering) and deepa aradanai (waving of lamps) for both Vedapureeswarar and Mangayarkarasi.

[2] The idol of Nataraja belonging to the temple is believed to be stolen and smuggled abroad sometime after 1959, when it was last seen during a record-keeping exercise by the French Institute of Pondicherry.

[11] The Idol Wing of the Tamil Nadu Criminal Investigation Department (IW-CID) has traced it to the Asia Society Museum, New York in the United States.