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The temple houses three more Divya  Desams; Thiru Neeragam (S. No. 47, Lord Neervannan), Thirukkaaragam (S.No. 52, Lord Karunagara Perumal) and Thirukkaarvanam (S.No. 53, Lord Kaarvana Perumal / Kalvar).

Mahabali Chakravarthy, the grandson of Prahaladhan, did a very big yagam to get the Devendra logam, which is referred to as "Swargham". But, that  lokam belongs to Indiran, who is the King of that lokam.

 Being a great devotee of Sriman Narayanan, he was capitulated by temptation and decided to acquire the Devendra Lokam. To make him understand and to punish him, Sriman Narayanan took the Vaamana avathar (dwarf) and asked for 3 feet of his land. 

On hearing this, Mahabali said that he can take 3 feet of his land. But as a surprise to Mahabali, Sriman Narayanan who came there as Vaamanan (dwarf) grew up in height, and His head touched the sky. 

Using the first step, He measured the sky and earth and with the second feet or step, He covered heaven. Finally, He asked for the third feet of land. For this, Mahabali surrendered his own head as the third feet and was finally blessed by Sriman Narayanan.

When his head was stamped by the Lord's feet, he could not get the darshan of Thirivikraman. So, he prayed for His great Ulagalandha dharshan. 

Since, he could not be given the Thirivikraman darshan, the Parumal gave His seva as Aadhiseshan (Ooragathaan) which can be seen next to Ulagalandha Perumal.

This temple is said to be built by the Pallavas and was later contributed mostly by the Chola dynasties, Vijayanagar Kings and Madurai Nayakars.

The presiding deity of this temple is Lord Ulagalanda Perumal, also called as Thrivikraman, stands at a height of 35 feet with His left leg lifted at a right angle to the body and parallel to the ground,  and His right leg placed on the head of the demon King Mahabali.

The two left hand fingers of the Lord is seen stretched out, which indicate that He took two steps to measure the world. And one finger of His right hand refers to the question that Lord posted to the demon king, where He could place His third step.

Structure Name - Second Prakaram (karungal kattidam)

King`s Name - cholar kala arasan

Century - 12th Century

Year - 1175

Structure Details - karungal amaippu kondathu