# Bala

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'''Bala''' may refer to:
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== Films ==
*[''Bala'' (1976 film)](/source/Bala_(1976_film)), an English-language dance documentary
*[''Bala'' (2002 film)](/source/Bala_(2002_film)), a Tamil-language action film
*[''Bala'' (2019 film)](/source/Bala_(2019_film)), a Hindi-language black comedy

== Life forms ==
*[Bala shark](/source/Bala_shark) (''Balantiocheilos melanopterus''), a small freshwater fish of Southeast Asia
*''[Sida cordifolia](/source/Sida_cordifolia)'' (or bala), an Indian medicinal subshrub

== People and characters ==
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* [Bala (name)](/source/Bala_(name)), list of people so named
*Princess Bala, from 1998 animated film ''[Antz](/source/Antz)''
*Bala, from the ''[Devi](/source/Devi_(Virgin_Comics))'' comic book

== Places ==
=== Africa ===
*[Bala, Senegal](/source/Bala%2C_Senegal)

=== Asia ===
*[Bal'a](/source/Bal'a), West Bank, Palestine
*[Bala, Ankara](/source/Bala%2C_Ankara), Turkey
*[Bala, Nepal](/source/Bala%2C_Nepal)
*[Bala, Russia](/source/Bala%2C_Russia), a selo in Sakha Republic
*[Bala, India](/source/Bala%2C_India), in Allahabad
*[Bala, Raebareli](/source/Bala%2C_Raebareli), Uttar Pradesh, India
*Bala, [Ahor](/source/Ahor), Rajasthan, India

=== Europe ===
*[Bala, Gwynedd](/source/Bala%2C_Gwynedd), Wales
**[Bala Lake](/source/Bala_Lake), Wales' largest natural lake
**[Bala Series](/source/Bala_Series) of geologic beds
*[Bala, Mehedinți](/source/Bala%2C_Mehedin%C8%9Bi), Oltenia, Romania
*[Băla](/source/B%C4%83la) ({{langx|hu|Bala|link=no}}), Mureș, Transylvania, Romania
*[Rodopoli](/source/Rodopoli), former name Μπάλα - ''Bala'', a municipal unit in Greece

=== North America ===
*[Bala, Kansas](/source/Bala%2C_Kansas), United States
*[Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania](/source/Bala_Cynwyd%2C_Pennsylvania), United States
*[Bala, Ontario](/source/Bala%2C_Ontario), Canada
**[Bala Aerodrome](/source/Bala_Aerodrome)

== Religion ==
*[Five Strengths](/source/Five_Strengths), or ''bala'', in Buddhism
*[Bala Tripurasundari](/source/Bala_Tripurasundari), a Hindu child goddess
*[Bala Ganapati](/source/Bala_Ganapati), an aspect of the Hindu god Ganesha
*''[Bala Kanda](/source/Bala_Kanda)'', the first book of ''Ramayana'', an ancient Indian epic poem

== Other uses ==
*[Bala (band)](/source/Bala_(band)), a Galician stoner rock music group
*[Bala language](/source/Bala_language), spoken in the Congo
*[Bala language (China)](/source/Bala_language_(China)), a possibly extinct Tungusic language
*[Bala taxation](/source/Bala_taxation), a system used in the Ur III dynasty of Mesopotamia

== See also ==
*[Bal (disambiguation)](/source/Bal_(disambiguation))
*[Balan (disambiguation)](/source/Balan_(disambiguation))
*[Balla (disambiguation)](/source/Balla_(disambiguation))
*[Bala station (disambiguation)](/source/Bala_station_(disambiguation)), stations of the name
*[Bala Hissar (disambiguation)](/source/Bala_Hissar_(disambiguation)), places of the name
*[Bala Nagamma (disambiguation)](/source/Bala_Nagamma_(disambiguation))
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