This place is known as Uttamar koil since the name of Perumal here is known as Purushottaman, which in tamil trnaslates to Uttamar. It is also known as Bikshandar koil, as kailasapathi is seen here as Bikshatana murthi in digambara form begging for alms with his biksha pathram. This place is also known as Kadamba kshetram as God appeared before Kadamba maharishi. It is also known as Neepa kshetram since this place was full for Kadamba (Neepa) trees. Since this kshetram is one of the few with a shrine for Brahma, this is also known as Adi Mahapuram (Adi refering to Adi purusha, Brahma). Finally, this place is also known as Tirumurthi kshetram, as there are shrines for Siva, Brahma and Perumal.

Moolavar:	Purushottaman, seen in a bhujanga sayanam, facing east.
Utsavar:
Thaayaar:	Poorva Devi, Poorna Valli.
Theertham:	kadamba theertham.
Vimaanam:	Udyoga Vimanam.
Prathyaksham:	Siva, Brahma, Kadamba muni, Tirumangai azhvar, Uparisaravasu, Sanaka Sanathna Kumarars.
Sannithis:	Perumal Sannithi Thaayar Sannithi Sivan Sannithi Parvati Sannithi Brahman Sannithi Sarasvati Sannithi

The legend has it that when thaayaar gave bikshai to Sivan, the patharam became full. Hence thaayaar is known as Poorna Valli, poorna meaning complete or full.

Once upon a time, the entrance to this temple had no doors and God could be worshipped at any time. This has been mentioned by Sri Periyavaachaan Pillai in one of his commentaries.

There are plenty of inscriptions at this temple that suggest generous donations by many kings to the temple. They include Chola king Udaiyar Rajadhiraja Devaraja Kesarivarma, Pandya king Nayanar Sundarapandya Devan and residents of Gunaseela mangalam, to name a few.

It is believed that while attending to the construction on the vimanam, gopuram and the prakaram at Srirangam temple, Tirumangai azhwar stayed in this town. Even today, on the northern part of the kadamba pushkarani, there are wet lands and adjacent to them there is a thoppu and a mandapam where the azhwar is said to have stayed and is known as Azhwar patta varthi.