 Every full moon, tens of thousands of pilgrims worship Erumbeeswarar by circumambulating the hill barefoot.The circumambulation covers the circumference of the hill, and is referred as "girivalam".Appar, a 7th-century Tamil Saivite saint poet and "nayanmar", has revered Erumbeeswarar and the temple in his verses in "Tevaram", compiled as the "Fifth Tirumurai".