Vira Ravi Ravi Varma

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| name = Vira Ravi Ravi Varma

| title = Raja of Venad,

| titletext = Trippapur Moopan,

Chiravay Moopan

| succession = Headship of Trippapur Swaroopam

| reign = 1479 - 1492

| predecessor = Revathi Thirunal Rama Varma

| reign1 = 1484 - 1512

| predecessor1 = Vishakham Thirunal Kodai Aditya Varma

| successor1 = Bhutala Vira Udaya Marthanda Varma

| house = Trippapur-Keezhperoor

| house-type = Royal House

| successor = Vira Ravi Udaya Marthanda Varma

| birth_name = Pururttathi Thirunal Vira Ravi Ravi Varma

| succession1 = Senior Raja of Venad

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Vira Ravi Ravi Varma was a Raja who ruled in Venad, also known as the Kingdom of Kupaka, between 1479 and 1512. He was a member of the Trippapur-Keezhperoor branch of the Venad royal family, predecessors of the Travancore Rajas. He moved the capital from Kallidaikurichi to Padmanabhapuram about 1500.{{cn|date=June 2020}} He was one of the senior rulers of Venad when the Portuguese arrived in India.

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He was a renowned patron of the thanumalayan temple and is known to have been a patron of the devadasis as well. Renjitha, V.R. “HISTORICISING THE ACTORS AND DANCERS: A STUDY OF EARLY MEDIEVAL TEMPLE THEATRES IN KERALA.” Proceedings of the Indian History Congress 73 (2012): 442–49. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44156236

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| before = Vira Kodai Sri Aditya Varma

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| title = Senior Raja of Venad

| years = 1484–1512

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| after = Bhutala Vira Udaya Marthnda Varma

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Category:Rulers of Quilon

Category:15th-century Indian monarchs

Category:Year of birth unknown

Category:1504 deaths