Aniruddha Brahmarayar was a minister in the court of the Chola king Sundara Chola. The "Anbil plates" of Sundara Chola are the only source of information about him.
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Aniruddha was born in a Vaishnavite Brahmin family of the village of Anbil. He belonged to Avanika gotra. Aniruddha's father was a teacher of the Vedas.
In the Anbil plates of Sundara Chola, Aniruddha is mentioned as manya sachiva. He was given the title Brahmarayar or Brahmadhiraja meaning "Brahmin king", usually reserved for high-ranking Brahmin bureacrats in the Chola Empire. Aniruddha's family was also given a grant of 10 velis of land by the king.[1]
Aniruddha Brahmarayar is one of the central characters in Kalki Krishnamurthy's semi-historical novel Ponniyin Selvan.