The Cholas were the successors of the Pallavas in South
India. Aditya Chola I (880- 907 AD) defeated and killed the last Pallava ruler Aparajitha
Pallava. After the defeat of Pallavas, Thondaimandalam, the areas around
Vengadam passed under the control of the Cholas. Aditya’s son Parantaka
(907-953 AD) defeated the Eastern Chalukyas, the Pandyas of Madura invaded Srilanka
and established the Chola Empire in South India. The temple administration
during the Chola period was run by managers as in the time of Pallavas.
Their work was however, supervised and controlled by the
officer of the king. It would also appear that the temple servants were called Kaikkolas
as in the case of the temple servants of Tiruchanur, the view that the control
of the temple was firmly with the king’s local officers can be inferred from
the inscriptions which is actually an inscription Judgement on the temple
affairs of Tirumala in those days passed by Chola Adhikari or provincial
governor.
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