The name of Rajaraja Perunthachan features in the famous thalicheri kalvettu in Raajarajeswaram. It also features another major sculptor Nittavinodhap perumthachan. Who was the cheif architect of big temple ? we unfortunately do not know. Only two names out of several thousand hands that worked for big temple project have survived
Kunjaramallan is a title given to mal yuddha champions or experts. Thus we find rajaraja perunthachan as a multifaced personality. But at this point of time we are not sure if he was the chief architect.
The "design and construction" should have been influenced by many - including the emperor himself
> designed and constructed by one of the great grandfathers of > Dr.Ganapati Sthapati, Kunjra Mallan Raja Raja Perunthachan, during > the 10th century AD under the patronage of King Raja Raja Chozhan.