Parantaka Chola II ( CE), also known as Parantaka Sundara Chola, was a Chola king who ruled for about twelve years. He is popularly known as Sundara Chola as he was considered an epitome of male beauty. He was the son of Arinjaya Chola and Kalyani, a princess from the clan of Vaidumbas, an Andhra dynasty based in Kurnool and Kadapa districts. Parantaka II ascended the Chola throne despite the fact that his cousin Uttama Chola, the son of Gandaraditya (the elder brother of Arinjaya) was alive and he had equal if not more claim to the Chola throne.