it is built on a hillock and houses a small gateway tower known as "gopurams". the temple has many shrines, with those of karunellinathar and chokki amman being the most prominent. the temple is located on the other side of ninra narayana perumal temple, a famous vishnu temple and can be reached from that temple on the hillock. the temple is a rock cut temple and the main shrine of the temple is of karunellinathar. there are separate shrines for vinayaka, surya, chandra and dakshinamurthi. there is a huge life size stone image of nataraja and sivakami and housed in the dancing hall of the temple.