page_title: Ravivarman Kulaśēkhara
hierarchical_section_title: Ravivarman Kulaśēkhara
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Kollam, Kerala, Indien, vom Leuchtturm aus aufgenommen.
context_page_description: Ravivarman, styled Maharaja Ravivarman, Kulasekhara verma, was the ruler of Venatu, with capital at port Kolambam, southern India between 1299 – 1316/7. He – in all likelihood – was a descendant of the ancient Cheras through his father Jayasimhadeva and was the son-in-law of the Pandya ruler of Maravarman Kulasekhara. Ravivarman raided large parts of southern India in a short period by skilfully taking advantage of the weakening of the Pandya kingdom and the confusion prevailed after the Khalji raids.
  Coins issued by Ravivarman with Tamil legend "Kulasekhara" were discovered by archaeologists. Probably to commemorate his conquest of the Pandya realm, he issued the coin with his crest elephant on the obverse and the name Kulasekhara over the Pandya crest on the reverse.
  In a Telugu record of the Kakatiya ruler Prataparudra II, he is called "Malayala Tiruvadi Kulasekhara".
  Ravivarman was an ardent devotee of Patmanabha at Trivandrum, Kerala. The term "Padmanabhapadadasa" was apparently first used by Ravivarman Kulasekhara.
context_section_description: Ravivarman (c. 1266/7 – 1316/7), styled Maharaja Ravivarman, Kulasekhara verma, was the ruler of Venatu, with capital at port Kolambam (Quilon), southern India between 1299 – 1316/7. He – in all likelihood – was a descendant of the ancient Cheras through his father Jayasimhadeva and was the son-in-law of the Pandya ruler of Maravarman Kulasekhara. Ravivarman raided large parts of southern India in a short period (1312 – 1316) by skilfully taking advantage of the weakening of the Pandya kingdom and the confusion prevailed after the Khalji raids (1311).
  Coins issued by Ravivarman with Tamil legend "Kulasekhara" were discovered by archaeologists. Probably to commemorate his conquest of the Pandya realm, he issued the coin with his crest elephant (the Chera symbol) on the obverse and the name Kulasekhara over the Pandya crest (the two fishes) on the reverse.
   In a Telugu record (1317 AD) of the Kakatiya ruler Prataparudra II, he is called "Malayala Tiruvadi Kulasekhara". 
  Ravivarman was an ardent devotee of Patmanabha (Vishnu) at Trivandrum, Kerala. The term "Padmanabhapadadasa" was apparently first used by Ravivarman Kulasekhara.
caption: Kollam in south India
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