His mother was Chola princess Anupama, the daughter of Parantaka I, while his father was Samarabirama who belonged to the Velir clan.

Samarabirama is called 'Yadu Vamsa Kethu', which means 'The Banner of the Yadu Race' in the Moovar Koil inscription.

[citation needed] Another inscription from the period of Pallava King Ko-vijaya-Nandivikramavarman from Kilur, Tirukovilur taluk, South Arcot district.

The script and language of the inscription is in Tamil and paleographically the inscription can be dated to the 9th century, The following is another inscription from Ghrithasthaneswara temple in Tillasthanam, figuring the queen of Boothi Vikramakesari from the period of Aditya I,[7] (L 7) West of the cultivated land of the (god) Vishnu Bhattaraka (lying to) the east of the border; north of the embankment called Karikala-karai; east of the karay dry lands of the god; south of the (channel called) Andanur-vaykkal.

[8] It is of interest to note that among the boundaries mentioned in the above inscription there is an embankment called Karikala-karai.