[1] He led many Chola campaigns in the deep south and distinguished himself in the Pandya Wars.
[3][4] Naralokaviran is also known for subduing the rebelling medieval Chera king of Kerala for his Chola overlord.
[5][6] However, the Cheras were able to recover Quilon-Trivandrum-Nagercoil region around 1100/02 AD (and thus "fixing the southern limit of the country at Kottar").
He took interest in festivals and made contributions for the provision of lamps on the processional routes, watering the streets during the festivals, a bull vehicle for the deity to ride during the Bhikshatana procession and a bugle inlaid with gold to herald the arrival of god Shiva.
[2] Naralokaviran figures in many inscriptions of Kulothunga I (1070 – 1120) and his successor Vikrama Chola (1118 – 1135) He is the subject of a bilingual metrical composition in Sanskrit and Tamil, an excerpt as follows: 'The koothan with the lance, who brought the whole earth under the shade of the umbrella of his overlord is our chief, the chief of the people of Manavil.