Vira Ravi Ravi Varma
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{{Infobox royalty
| 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
}}
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.
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:15th-century Indian monarchs