The east gopuram is about 40 m high, while the smaller western gopuram faces the sacred tank.
Yama took a bath in the sacred tank and was rid of the burning sensation.
The city has 39 sacred tanks abutting temples, which are primarily meant to recharge groundwater and celebrate float festivals.
This is the sacred tank situated in the south-east of the temple outside the boundary walls.
The sacred tank of this sthalam (place) is called the GuptaGangai.
A sacred tank in which goddess Ganga herself bathes to cleanse herself from the sins.
The temple encompasses a sacred tank whose water is considered holy.
There are 32 shrines, 19 vimanams, 389 pillared halls (most having the lion type yali sculpture) and sacred tanks some of which located outside the complex.
There is a sacred tank next to the temple which has a tiered approach leading to the edge of the water.
This Shiva temple, also dated to the 10th century, has a sanctum with the divine linga in the middle of the sacred tank.