Bala

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Bala has several meanings:

  • Several places:
    • Bala - Sikh Jatt Gotra or clan. Bala Jatt Sikhs mainly have roots to five Villages in Ropar District of Punjab (India). Most famous is Behrampur Zimidara (Ballaina da Behrampur). Bala surname is considered a part of Kang. Bala surname is orignated from Kangwalla, when some kang Jatt sikhs moved to Ropar area from Kangwalla village of Gurdaspur District. Over the couse of time the word Kangwalla changed to Wahla and the present version BALA.
    • Bala, Ankara, a suburb and a metropolitan district of Ankara, Turkey's capital.
    • Bala, Greece, a suburb of Athens, it is also a Modern Greek word for ball.
    • Bala, Mehedinţi, a commune in Mehedinţi County, Romania
    • Bala, Senegal
    • Bala, Ontario, Canada.
    • Bala, Wales, United Kingdom.
    • Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, a conglomerate of the suburbs Bala and Cynwyd of Philadelphia
  • Bala, a minor mother goddess of Hinduism.
  • Bala, a third year electrical engineering student in IIT Bombay
  • Bala, a south Indian film director.
  • In Buddhism, Bala refers to the spiritual powers possessed by a Buddha or bodhisattva.
  • Bala, refers to USA Immigration Attorney Gary Bala in Pennsylvania.
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