Religion
- The Five Strengths, aka bala, the spiritual powers possessed by a Buddha or bodhisattva
- Bala (clan) - Sikh Jatt Gotra or clan.
- Bala Tripurasundari - Hindu Female Goddess, represented as a small child
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