Goda Ravi
chera/Perumal of Kerala
Goda Ravi (fl. 905/06–c. 943/44 AD) was a Chera Perumal king of medieval Kerala, southern India. The reign of Goda Ravi witnessed strengthened ties between the Cheras and the Cholas, as numerous Kerala military personnel served under the Chola prince Rajaditya in the Tamil country.
Temple inscriptions mentioning Goda Ravi have been discovered in central and north-central Kerala. These records refer, among other things, to several Chera royals — princes titled "Koyil" or "Ala-Koyil" and queens or princesses called Cheraman Maha Devi or Ravi Piratti — as well as the chieftains of Vembanadu (Alappuzha) and Valluvanadu, the latter bearing the title "Rayira Ravar". The inscriptions also mention the so-called "Agreement of Muzhikkulam". It is also known that the deposed Pandya ruler Rajasimha II took refuge with the Cheras, or Keralas, around 920 AD.
Goda Ravi was formerly identified with king Vijayaraga (c. 883/84 — c. 895 AD) of the medieval Chera dynasty of Kerala. He was also initially identified as the brother-in-law of the Pandya ruler Jatavarman Kulasekhara Deva I (the Shermadevi inscription).
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Goda Ravi was formerly tentatively identified with king Vijayaraga of the Chera dynasty of Kerala.
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