Kulakkottan (Tamil: குளக்கோட்டன்) was an early Chola king and descendant of Manu Needhi Cholan who was mentioned in chronicles such as the Yalpana Vaipava Malai and stone inscriptions like Konesar Kalvettu.

[2] Kulakkottan was the son of Vararamatevan, said to have been ruler of Chola Nadu and Madurai.

[1] The historian and author, Mudaliyar Rasanayagam states that Vararamatevan and Kulakkottan arrived in Trincomalee during the reign of King Pandu of Anuradhapura.

[3] Vararamatevan found the Koneswaram temple destroyed by the Buddhist King Mahasena.

He is known as the royal who settled ancient Vanniyars in the east of the island of Eelam.