The Nataraja temple has a pre-13th-century Surya shrine. The image is unusual as it depicts a three headed Surya same as
- Brahma,
- Shiva and
- Vishnu, with eight hands holding iconographic items of these deities, along with two lotuses in a pair of hands in front,
- accompanied by female figures
- Usha and
- Pratyusha, standing on a chariot drawn by seven horses and Aruna as charioteer.
