There is a shrine for Poola Udaya Kandan Sastha in the temple.

The sand on the wall being worshipped as presiding deity is offered as Prasad to the devotees. Consuming a little of the Prasad with water would bless the devotee with a child, is the faith.

Rice is offered as Nivedhana during the daily puja to the Lord. Special pujas are performed to Lord Yogeeswara and Sastha on Vaikasi Visakam (May-June) day, when a nivedhana prepared from mango, jack fruit raw rice and sugar named Mambal (Mango milk) is offered to the Lord. Poola Udaya Kandan Sastha is in a separate shrine. He is in the form of a Peeta (a seat) and His idol is behind this seat. On the Panguni Uthiram day in March-April He is taken in procession on a horse. As there was a Puttru (ant-hill) where the Yogi was in the past, the place is named in Puttrur which later changed as Putheri.

In olden days, Sastha, as a guardian deity was here on a stone-peeta under the Poolathi tree. People of the place named Him as Poola Udaya Kandan Sastha and erected a small temple for Him. A yogi came to this place, worshipped Sastha and stayed here for some time and also attained Samadhi (salvation) here. On his tomb, an ant-hill came up. People began worshipping this ant-hill erecting a tall wall and began to worship the wall itself. As the devotees felt a Shiva aspect on the wall, named it Yogeeswarar and continued worships.