 These Irukkuvel's had marital alliances with the Later Cholas.The great Chola emperor Rajaraja had married a Kodumbalur girl.The connection between the Velars of Kodumbalur and the Ainnurruvar community goes back to the Silappathikaram period when Kovalan and Kannagi are said to have stayed at Kodumbalur on their way from Kaveri Poom Pattinam to Madurai.