The existence of this king is scientifically confirmed and is known either from religious literature such as Periyapuranam, semi-biographical poems of the later Chola period as well as temple, copper plate and cave inscriptions.

Description

The Kanyakumari inscription of Vira Rajendra says inter alia : “The son of Vijayalaya was Aditya Varman, better known by the name of Kodandarama.” Thus it is clear that Aditya I. had such a surname; the temple is thus named after both names.

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Āditya I was the son of Vijayālaya, the first of the Imperial line of Cōḷas. An inscription from the Trichinopoly district mentions a grant of land made accordance with an earlier charter issued by Parakēsari Vijayālaya, and this shows that the revival of Cōḷa power at this time begins from the neighbourhood of Uṟaiyūr, their ancient home on the banks of the Kāvēri.

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Genealogical relationship

The following illustration provides an overview of the family relationships:

Genealogy Āditya Chola I.

Genealogy Āditya Chola I.

Informations

Preamble: Toṇḍaināḍu paviya korājakēsari – King Rajakesari who extended his rule in Tondai-nadu

Title: Rajakesari

Year of birth: no date available

Place of birth: Pazhayarai

Year of death: c. 907 CE

Place of death: Tondaimanarrur/Tondaimanad (Srikalahasti)3

Reign: from 871 to 907 CE4

Seat of government: Thanjavur

Predecessor: Vijayalaya Chola

Successor: Parantaka Chola I. (Vira-Narayana)

Father: Vijayalaya Chola

Mother: Anaghavati [?]

Wives: Vayiri Akkan alias Tribhuvana Madeviyar (Chera wife)[?] and Ilangon Pichchi (Rashtrakuta wife)[?]

Children: Parantaka Chola I. (Vira-Narayana) and Kannaradeva

Era: Chola period

Time period: Medieval Cholas

Pictures

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  1. Balasubrahmanyam, S. R., Early Chola Temples – Parantaka I to Rajaraja I (A.D. 907 – 985), 1971, p. 102 ↩
  2. Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta, The Cōḷas, 1955, p. 110 ↩
  3. Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta, The Cōḷas, 1955, p. 115 ↩
  4. Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta, The Cōḷas, 1955, pp. 111-112 ↩