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.
[citation needed] He was one of the senior rulers of Venad when the Portuguese arrived in India.
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