Vishnu appears in the form of a discus or Chakra to put down the pride of Surya (the Sun), who subsequently became his devotee.

God Brahma, who was taking bath in the river, got impressed and installed the image of Sudarshana in the place where the temple is now located.

However, based on the temple's architecture and motifs, scholars believe it to have been built in the 15th century under Nayaka rule.

[10] The temple has granite walls enclosing all the shrines and pierced by a five-tiered rajagopuram, the gateway tower.

The presiding deity, Chakrapani is sported with eight arms, each having a weapon and is housed in the central shrine in an elevated structure.

There is a bronze image of king Serfoji II worshipping the lord as he is said to have been cured an illness by the grace of this God.

[12] Chakra Padithurai is a famous ghat in Kumbakonam parallel to the shrine of the temple situated across the river Cauvery.

Neivethanam (sacred offering) performed every day for the deity is dependent on the smoke emanating from the burning of corpses from the ghat.