This Adhipurisvara temple at Tiruvorriyur has been in existence since the late Pallava period, which is attested by two inscriptions on stones of the pavement of this temple. The Pallava temple was perhaps a brick structure. The region round about Tiruvorriyur in Tondainadu should have been annexed to the Chola empire only in the days of Parantaka I (907-954 CE), and his inscriptions found here range from his twentieth to his thirty-fifth regnal year. These inscriptions record the Chola annexation of the territory and various donations of gifts to the temple. There are also inscriptions from the period of Uttama Chola (971-988 CE) that record his donations to the temple. During the reign of Rajendra Chola I (1014 - 1044 CE), the original temple was reconstructed and a three-storeyed super-structure (vimana) was erected in black stone.
References: Balasubrahmanyam, S.R. Early Chola Temples: Parantaka I to Rajaraja I (A.D. 907-985). Bombay: Orient Longman, 1971, 97-99.
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