Bala may refer to:

Films

* ''Bala'' (1976 film), an English-language dance documentary * ''Bala'' (2002 film), a Tamil-language action film * ''Bala'' (2019 film), a Hindi-language black comedy

Life forms

Bala shark The bala shark (''Balantiocheilos melanopterus''), also known as the tricolor shark, tricolor sharkminnow, silver shark, or shark minnow, is a fish of the family Cyprinidae, and is one of the two species in the genus ''Balantiocheilos''. This spe ...

(''Balantiocheilos melanopterus''), a small freshwater fish of Southeast Asia *''

Sida cordifolia ''Sida cordifolia'' ('ilima, flannel weed, bala, country mallow or heart-leaf sida) is a perennial subshrub of the mallow family Malvaceae native to India. It has naturalized throughout the world, and is considered an invasive weed in Africa, Au ...

'' (or bala), an Indian medicinal subshrub

People and characters

* Bala (name), list of people so named *Princess Bala, from 1998 animated film ''

Antz ''Antz'' is a 1998 American animated adventure comedy film directed by Eric Darnell and Tim Johnson from a screenplay written by Todd Alcott and the writing team of Chris and Paul Weitz. It was produced by DreamWorks Pictures, DreamWorks An ...

'' *Bala, from the ''

Devi ''Devī'' (; ) is the Sanskrit word for 'goddess'; the masculine form is Deva (Hinduism), ''deva''. ''Devi'' and ''deva'' mean 'heavenly, divine, anything of excellence', and are also gender-specific terms for a deity in Hinduism. The concept ...

'' comic book

Places

Africa

* Bala, Senegal

Asia

Bal'a Bal'a () is a Palestinian town in the Tulkarm Governorate, located approximately nine kilometers northeast of Tulkarm in the northern West Bank and three kilometers away from the highway connecting Tulkarm with Nablus. According to the Palestinia ...

, West Bank, Palestine *

Bala, Ankara Bala (also: ''Balâ'') is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Ankara Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,851 km2, and its population is 20,521 (2022). It is 67 km south-east of the city of Ankara. Its elevation is . Bala stan ...

, Turkey * Bala, Nepal * Bala, Russia, a selo in Sakha Republic * Bala, India, in Allahabad * Bala, Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, India *Bala,

Ahor Ahore or Ahor (Aavar) is a city in the Jalore District of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Strategically located at intersection of Sanderao-Jalore and Jalore-Jodhpur Highway and is a great commercial hub catering to almost all nearby villages ...

, Rajasthan, India

Europe

Bala, Gwynedd Bala () is a town and community (Wales), community in Gwynedd, Wales. Formerly an Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland), urban district, Bala lies in the Historic counties of Wales, historic county of Merionethshire, at the north end of Bal ...

, Wales **

Bala Lake Bala Lake, or (), is a large freshwater glacial lake in Gwynedd, Wales. The River Dee, which has its source on the slopes of Dduallt in the mountains of Snowdonia, feeds the long by wide lake. It was the largest natural body of water in ...

, Wales' largest natural lake ** Bala Series of geologic beds *

Bala, Mehedinți Bala is a commune located in Mehedinți County, Oltenia, Romania. It is composed of fifteen villages: Bala, Bala de Sus, Brateșul, Brativoești, Câmpu Mare, Cârșu, Comănești, Crainici, Dâlma, Iupca, Molani, Rudina, Runcușoru, Sărdănești ...

, Oltenia, Romania *

Băla Băla ( Hungarian: ''Bala''; ) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Băla and Ercea (''Nagyercse''; ''Groß-Ertschen''). See also *List of Hungarian exonyms (Mureș County) This is a list of H ...

(), Mureș, Transylvania, Romania

North America

Bala, Kansas Bala is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bala Township, Riley County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 29. History Bala was settled ''circa'' 1862. It was a shipping point on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pac ...

, United States *

Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania Bala Cynwyd ( ) is a community and census-designated place in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located on the Philadelphia Main Line in Southeastern Pennsylvania and borders the western edge of Philadelphia at U.S. Route ...

, United States *

Bala, Ontario Bala is a compact rural community in the township (Canada)#Ontario, township municipality of Muskoka Lakes, District Municipality of Muskoka in Central Ontario, Canada. It is well-known for the Bala Falls, the source of the Moon River (Ontario), ...

, Canada **

Bala Aerodrome Bala Aerodrome is located adjacent to Bala, Ontario, Canada. See also *List of airports in the Bala, Ontario area The following active airports serve the area around Bala, Ontario, Bala, Ontario, Canada: See also * List of airports in th ...

Religion

Five Strengths The Five Strengths (Sanskrit, Pali: ') in Buddhism are faith, energy, mindfulness, concentration, and wisdom. They are one of the seven sets of Bodhipakkhiyadhamma ("qualities conducive to enlightenment"). They are paralleled in the five spir ...

, or ''bala'', in Buddhism *

Bala Tripurasundari Bala Tripurasundari (), also known as Balambika, is variously described as the younger aspect and daughter of the Hindu goddess Tripura Sundari. She is a tutelary goddess of the Tantric Shri Vidya tradition. Literature In the Brahmanda Purana ...

, a Hindu child goddess *

Bala Ganapati Bala Ganapati (, , literally "child Ganapati") is an aspect of the Hindu god Ganesha (Ganapati), the elephant-headed of wisdom and fortune, depicted as a child. There are few portrayals of Ganesha as a small boy caressed by his parents, Parvati ...

, an aspect of the Hindu god Ganesha *''

Bala Kanda ''Bala Kanda'' (; IAST: ', ) is the first Book of the Valmiki ''Ramayana.'' The ''Bala Kanda,'' in partif not in its entiretyis generally regarded as an interpolation to the original epic.' Structure The book consists of seventy-six ''sargas ...

'', the first book of ''Ramayana'', an ancient Indian epic poem

Other uses

Bala (band) Bala is a Galician stoner rock/grunge band that consists of Anxela Baltar from A Coruña (guitar and vocals) and Violeta Mosquera from Pontevedra (drums and vocals). On 14 September 2015, they released their debut work, a seven-song album called ...

, a Galician stoner rock music group *

Bala language Bala () is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. According to Maho (2009), it includes Boko (). Distribution and status Bala is spoken in the northwest corner of the Democratic Republic of the Congo west of the Congo River ...

, spoken in the Congo *

Bala language (China) The Bala language () is a possibly extinct Tungusic language that was spoken in and around the Zhangguangcai Range of Heilongjiang Province, Northeastern China. No standard orthography exists for the language, although manuscripts have occasi ...

, a possibly extinct Tungusic language *

Bala taxation Bala, Sumerian for "exchange", is the method by which the Ur III dynasty of Mesopotamia collected goods such as livestock, grain, labor and craft products from its provinces. Individuals of all rank were expected to contribute to this system. The ...

, a system used in the Ur III dynasty of Mesopotamia