Pravara

Pravara is Sanskrit for "excellent" or "best". It may also refer to:


 * Sanskrit term for the call to a Brahmin to assume priestly functions; see Upanayanam
 * an invocation of Agni at the beginning of sacrifice
 * Pravaras, an invocation of ancestors
 * Pravara River, a river, a tributary of Godavari River in the Indian state of Maharashtra
 * Pravara Rural Engineering College, Maharashtra, India