Vira Ravi Ravi Varma

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. 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.