Rama Raya, (?-1565 CE) popularly known as "Aliya" Rama Raya, is the progenitor of the "Aravidu" dynasty of the Vijayanagar Empire.

This dynasty, the fourth and last to hold sway over the Vijayanagara Empire, is often not counted as a ruling dynasty of that empire Rama Raya patronizes the Sanskrit scholar Rama Amatya.

He reigns from 1542 to 1565.