He defeated many kings and chieftains in war and acquired their wealth and territories in Pandya and Chola kingdoms.

Kutruva had acquired extensive lands and wealth through his campaigns, but lacking a formal title was still technically a chieftain, with no legal basis to rule his de facto domain.

His home-town Kalandai identified with modern-day Kalappal, Thiruvarur district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Another suggestion identifies it as Peria Kalandai, Coimbatore district where the Adityesvara Shiva temple built by the Chola king Aditya I (c. 871 – c. 907 CE) stands.

[6] Kutruva Nayanar is worshipped on the Poornima (full moon day) of the Tamil month of Adi.

He is depicted as a king with a crown, folded hands (see Anjali mudra) and sometimes a sword in the crook of his arm.