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 Pravara a Hindu name