Surya Mandir is dedicated to Lord Sun and located in the centre of the Vadodara City area. It is one of the rare Sun temple of Gujarat with beautiful and peaceful location. This temple is archaeological important monument of Vadodara. It was built in around 17th century during the reign of Shree Govindrao Gayekwad. It is sumac a nicely built that morning rays of sunrise reaches inside the temple. Outside there is a good garden with stone elephants on sides where people can takes photographs.