page_title: Sthanu Ravi Varma
hierarchical_section_title: Sthanu Ravi Varma
caption_attribution_description: Kollam Tharisappalli copper plates (849 CE), also known as Kollam/Quilon Syrian copper plates, or Kottayam inscription during the reign of Sthanu Ravi Varma, to the Syrian Christian leader Maruvan Sapir Iso. It grants land for the construction of a Syrian Church near Kollam (Kerala). The script is Vatteluttu.
context_page_description: Sthanu Ravi Varma, probably known as the Kulasekhara, was the Chera Perumal ruler of Kerala in southern India from 844 to c. 870/71 AD. Sthanu Ravi is often identified with playwright king Kulasekhara Varma, and with Bhakti saint Kulasekhara Alvar.
  The Chera Perumal relations with the Chola dynasty were inaugurated during the reign of Sthanu Ravi. The famous Quilon Syrian Christian copper plates are dated in the 5th regnal year of king Sthanu Ravi. Two more inscriptions dated in the regnal years of Sthanu Ravi can be found at Irinjalakuda Kudalmanikyam Temple, and at Thiruvatruvay, Thiruvalla.
  Koyil Adhikarikal during the time of Sthanu Ravi was his son-in-law Vijayaraga. Sthanu Ravi had a son born to him in or about 870 AD. Sthanu Ravi probably abdicated the throne toward the end of his reign and became a Vaishnavite alvar known as Kulasekhara Alvar.
context_section_description: Sthanu Ravi Varma (Tamil: Ko Tanu Iravi), probably known as the Kulasekhara, was the Chera Perumal ruler of Kerala in southern India from 844 to c. 870/71 AD. Sthanu Ravi is often identified with playwright king Kulasekhara Varma, and with Bhakti saint Kulasekhara Alvar (seventh of the twelve mystic alvars). 
  The Chera Perumal relations with the Chola dynasty were inaugurated during the reign of Sthanu Ravi. The famous Quilon Syrian Christian copper plates are dated in the 5th regnal year of king Sthanu Ravi. Two more inscriptions dated in the regnal years of Sthanu Ravi can be found at Irinjalakuda Kudalmanikyam Temple, and at Thiruvatruvay, Thiruvalla. 
  Koyil Adhikarikal (the Royal Prince) during the time of Sthanu Ravi was his son-in-law (husband of his daughter) Vijayaraga. Sthanu Ravi had a son born to him in or about 870 AD. Sthanu Ravi probably abdicated the throne toward the end of his reign and became a Vaishnavite alvar known as  Kulasekhara Alvar.
caption: Quilon Syrian copper plates (plate 1)