The Raja Ravi Varma Puraskaram is an annual award given by the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi to a person showing excellence in the field of art and culture. The award is named after Raja Ravi Varma, a Malayali painter and artist. It was instituted by the Government of Kerala in 2001 to honour outstanding painters and sculptors from Kerala. The first recipient was K. G. Subramanyan.