Pura may refer to:
Places
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Pura, Kushtagi
Pura is a village in the Kushtagi taluk of Koppal district in Karnataka state, India. Pura is famous for the Shiva, Somanatheshwara Temple which is also known as Kotilinga temple located in the village. Built during the Vijayanagara Empire this ...
, a village in Koppal district, Karnataka, India
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Pura, Iran, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran
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Pura, Tarlac, a municipality in the Philippines
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Pura, Switzerland
Pura is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
History
Pura is first mentioned around 751–760, though this is found in a 17th-century copy of the original.
In the Middle Ages several institutions su ...
, a municipality in Ticino, Switzerland
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Pura, Chikmagalur, a settlement in
Chikmagalur district
Chikmagalur, officially Chikkamagaluru () is an administrative district in the Malnad subregion of Karnataka, India. It was called Kadur (''Cuddoor'') district till 1947. Coffee was first cultivated in India in Chikmagalur. The hills of Chikm ...
, Karnataka, India
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Pura, Pakistan, ancient capital of Gedrosia present
Balochistan
Balochistan ( ; , ), also spelled as Baluchistan or Baluchestan, is a historical region in West and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. This arid region o ...
Fish
* a type of fish tail.
People
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Pura (given name) (including a list of people)
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Stela Pura (born 1971), Romanian retired swimmer
Other uses
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PURA, a human protein
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''Pura'' (album), an album by Mortal
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Pura (placename element)
Oikonyms in Western Asia, Western, Central Asia, Central, South Asia, South, and Southeast Asia can be grouped according to various components, reflecting common linguistic and cultural histories. toponymy, Toponymic study is not as extensive as it ...
, a placename suffix used in South Asia
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Pura (Balinese temple)
A Balinese temple, or better-known as () is a Bali-style (commonly associated to Hindu) temple, it serves as the place of worship for adherents of Balinese Hinduism in Indonesia. Puras are built following rules, style, guidance, and rituals foun ...
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Pura (''Crash Bandicoot''), a character from ''Crash Bandicoot''
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Providing Urban Amenities to Rural Areas (PURA), a rural development strategy in India
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Huawei Pura series, a line of smartphones by Huawei formerly known as the Ascend P and P series.
See also
* ''Pura māku'', a
Japanese recycling symbol
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Puro (disambiguation)
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