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Tara may refer to:
Religions and deities
- Tara (Buddhism), a tantric meditation deity in Tibetan Buddhism
- In Hinduism:
- Tara (Devi), a Tantric goddess (Mahavidya)
- Another name for Taraka, the second wife of Brihaspati
- Tara (Ramayana), the wife of the monkey king Vali, who married Vali's brother and successor, Sugriva, after Vali's death
- Tara, the mother goddess in the Druidic religion
- Tara, a sea goddess in Polynesian mythology
- Taara or Tharapita, a god in Estonian mythology
People and characters
- Tara (name), a list of people and characters with the name
- Tara (cat), a family cat who saved a four-year-old boy from a dog attack.
Titles
- Baron Brabazon of Tara, UK title
- Baron Tara, Irish title
- Kingship of Tara, a title of authority in ancient Ireland
- Viscount Tara, Irish title
Places
Buildings
- Tara, Cairo, villa in Gezira Island, Cairo, made famous by its inhabitants during World War II
- Tara, Chertsey, Surrey, United Kingdom, previously the home of drummer Keith Moon
- Tara Theatre, an art house movie theater in Atlanta named after the plantation in Gone With the Wind
Natural features
- 5863 Tara, an asteroid
- Batu Tara, an island in the Flores Sea in Indonesia
- Hill of Tara, County Meath, Ireland, ritual site of ancient high kings of Ireland
- Salar de Tara, salt pan in Chile
- Tara Hill, County Wexford, Ireland
- Tara Island, Sulu Archipelago, Philippines
- Tara Mountain and Tara National Park in Serbia
- Tara River Canyon in Montenegro
- Tara, Saga, town, mountain and mountain range in Saga Prefecture, Japan
Rivers
- Tara (Drina), in Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Tara (Greece), in Arcadia, Greece
- Tara (Italy), a small river near Taranto
- Tara River (Russia), in Siberia, Russia
Populated places
- Qila Tara Singh, a town and union council of Depalpur Tehsil in the Okara District of Punjab Province, Pakistan
- Tara, Afghanistan, in Maidan Wardak Province, Afghanistan
- Tara, Ethiopia, a village in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia
- Tara, Iran, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran
- Tara Garh, a village in the Pattoki tehsil of Kasur District in the West Punjab, Pakistan
- Tara Hills, California, United States
- Tara, County Down, a townland in County Down, Northern Ireland
- Tara, Ireland, a village in Ireland
- Tara Khēl, a village in Deh Sabz District, Kabul Province, Afghanistan
- Țara Moților, an ethnogeographical region of Romania
- Tara Nagar, a village in Gorkha District in the Gandaki Zone of northern-central Nepal
- Tara, Nepal, a village in Baglung District in the Dhawalagiri Zone of central Nepal
- Tara, Ontario, village in Canada
- Tara, Queensland, town in Australia
- Tara Urban Settlement, a municipal formation which the town of oblast significance of Tara in Omsk Oblast, Russia is incorporated as
- Tara, Russia, several inhabited localities in Russia
- Tara, Saga, town, mountain, and mountain range in Saga Prefecture, Japan
- Tara Township, Minnesota (disambiguation), several places in the United States
- Tara, Zambia, a village in the Southern Province of Zambia
- Tara, Florida, an unincorporated area in Manatee County, Florida
Other
- Đurđevića Tara Bridge, bridge over the Tara River in northern Montenegro
- Shire of Tara, Queensland, Australia
- Tara Anglican School for Girls, North Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
- Țara Călatei, a region in western Romania
- Tara County, New South Wales, Australia
- Tara Subcounty, a region in Maracha District, Uganda
- Tara Field, airport in Henry County, Georgia, USA
- Tara High School, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
- Tara Mine, a zinc and lead mine near Navan, County Meath, Ireland
- Tara River Canyon, canyon in Montenegro
- Tara Station in Saga Prefecture, Japan
- Tara Street, a major traffic route in Dublin, Ireland
- Tara Street railway station in Dublin, Ireland
Companies and organizations
- Kiah & Tara Jean, a Canadian radio show in Vancouver, British Columbia
- Țara, a newspaper from the Republic of Moldova
- Tara Air, Nepalese airline
- Tara expedition, Arctic voyage 2006-08
- Tara Foundation, charity for transgender people
- Tara Hurdle, a horse race in Ireland
- Tara Institute, a Tibetan Buddhist center located in the suburb of East Brighton in Melbourne
- Tara International, Indian marketer for Tara Green Auto
- Tara (Israel), dairy co-operative
- Tara Labs, manufacturer of high-end audio products
- Tara Music,formerly known as Tara Records, and Irish record company.
- Tara Newz, Bengali news channel
- Tara (Northern Ireland), loyalist group
- Tara Television (or Tara TV), an Irish cable and satellite channel
Works of fiction
Novels
- Tara Road, a 1998 novel by Irish writer Maeve Binchy
Film and television
- Ballad of Tara, "Cherike ye Tara", an Iranian film directed by Bahram Bayzai
- Nepali Tara, a Nepali television series
- Tara (1992 film), an Indian film directed by Bijaya Jena
- Tara (2001 film), an American film, also known as Hood Rat, directed by Leslie Small
- Tara (2013 film), an Indian film directed by Kumar Raj
- Tara (TV series), soap opera that aired on Zee TV
- TARA, acronym for The Amazing Race Asia, a reality game show on the AXN network
- Tara Road (film), a 2005 film based on the novel
- Tara Sasankam, a popular Indian play and 1941 and 1969 films
- United States of Tara, a 2009 US comedy-drama TV series
Settings
- Tara (plantation), fictional rural home of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind
- Tara, a planet setting of the Doctor Who serial The Androids of Tara
- Tara (Artemis Fowl), a location in the Artemis Fowl series, also a real location in Ireland
Other
- Queen Tara, play by Darrell Figgis. Opened at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, February 25, 1913. Produced by Henry Herbert.
Science
- Tara (genus), a genus of jumping spiders
- Tara tree in Peru
- Tara (shrub), a Malagasy name for Lemuropisum edule
- TARA, the acronym for the Timed Antagonistic Response Alethiometer, a type of lie detection technique
- Tara, a theoretical founding ancestor of Haplogroup T
- A Vitis rotundifolia grape variety
Music
- T-ara, an active South Korean girl music group
- Tara (Absu album)
- Tara (Yano album)
- "Tara" (song), a song on Moya Brennan's 2003 album Two Horizons
- Tara Music, a label featuring traditional Irish music
- Tara Perdida, a Portuguese punk rock band
- Tara McDonald, an active English/Irish singer songwriter signed to Mercury/Universal records commonly called "The Queen Of Dance" after big hits with David Guetta, Armand van Helden & Axwell.
Other
- Battle of Tara (disambiguation), a number of battles in Ireland
- Da' Tara, American thoroughbred racehorse
- Hurricane Tara (disambiguation), name of three tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
- Kayf Tara, United Kingdom Thoroughbred racehorse
- tārā, Tahitian slang for 5 CFP francs
- Tara Brooch, an artifact from Ireland
- Tara, a submarine of the Yugoslav Navy
- Tara (slang), Liverpudlian, meaning 'Goodbye'
See also
- Taras (disambiguation)
- Tare weight