Aruna may refer to:
Religion and mythology
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Aruna (Hinduism), the charioteer of Surya in Hinduism
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Aruna (Hittite mythology)
Aruna was the god of the sea in Hittite religion. His name is identical with the Hittite word for the sea, which could also refer to bodies of water, treated as numina rather than personified deities. His worship was not widespread, and most of ...
, a Hittite sea god
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Aruna Stambha, a monumental religious pillar in Puri, Odisha, India
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Arunachala
Arunachala (IAST: , 'Red Mountain') is a hill in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, and one of the five main Shaiva holy places in South India. The Arunachalesvara Temple to Shiva is located at the base of the hill. The hill is also known by the nam ...
(''red mountain''), a shaivite holy site in Tamil Nadu, India
People with family-name Aruna
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Ade Aruna (born 1994), Nigerian player of American football
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Aladi Aruna (1933–2004), Indian politician
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D. K. Aruna (fl. 1994), Indian politician
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Poongothai Aladi Aruna
Poongothai Aladi Aruna is an Indian politician and former Information and Technology minister of Tamil Nadu under DMK ruling in 2006–2011. In 2016 Tamil Nadu assembly election she contested from Alangulam (State Assembly Constituency) and w ...
(born 1964), Indian politician
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Quadri Aruna (born 1988), Nigerian table tennis player
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Sanghapali Aruna (born 1979), Indian human rights activist
People with the personal name Aruna
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Aruna (singer) (born 1975), American musician
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Aruna Asaf Ali (1909–1996), Indian educator, activist, and publisher
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Aruna Balraj
Aruna Balraj is an Indian actress in the Kannada film industry. Some of the films of Aruna Balraj as an actress include '' Naayi Neralu'' (2006), '' Ambari'' (2009), '' Raja Huli'' (2013) and ''Gubbi Mele Bramhastra'' (2019).
Career
Aruna Balraj ...
(fl. from 2006), Indian film actress
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Aruna Biswas
Aruna Biswas is a Bangladeshi television, stage and film actress. She is also a television drama director.
Background
Biswas is the daughter of jatra activists Amalendu Biswas and Jyotsna Biswas.
Career
Biswas debuted in film industry in 198 ...
(fl. from 1986), Bangladeshi actress
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Aruna Chaudhary
Aruna Chaudhary is an Indian politician and a member of Indian National Congress. Aruna Chaudhary is a senior leader of Punjab Congress. She is member of 15th Punjab Legislative Assembly
The Punjab Legislative Assembly or the Punjab Vid ...
(born 1957), Indian politician
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Aruna Darshana (born 1999), Sri Lankan sprinter
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Aruna De Silva (born 1961), Sri Lankan cricketer
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Aruna Dharmasena
Aruna Dharmasena (born 25 August 1993) is a Sri Lankan cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bai ...
(born 1993), Sri Lankan cricketer
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Aruna Dhathathreyan
Aruna Dhathathreyan is a Professor and Emeritus scientist at CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai, India. Her fields of work and research include biophysics, biophysical chemistry, and surface sciences.
Education
Dhathathreyan ...
(fl. 2000s), Indian biophysicist
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Aruna Dindane
Aruna Dindane (born 26 November 1980) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
He has 62 caps and 17 goals for the Ivory Coast since his debut in 2000, and has played at four Africa Cup of Nations and two FIFA Wor ...
(born 1980), Ivorian football player
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Aruna Gunawardene
Aruna Alwis Wijesiri Gunawardene (born 31 March 1969) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played one One Day International
A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international st ...
(born 1969), Sri Lankan cricketer
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Aruna Irani
Aruna Irani (born 3 May 1946) is an Indian actress, who has acted in over 500 films throughout Hindi, Kannada, Marathi and Gujarati cinema, playing mostly supporting and character roles. She has won two Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Act ...
(born 1946), Indian actress
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Aruna Jayanthi
Aruna Jayanthi is an Indian businesswoman and managing director of Capgemini's Asia Pacific and Latin America business unit. Previously, she held roles as their CEO of Business Services and CEO of Capgemini India. Jayanthi joined Capgemini in ...
(fl. 2000s), Indian businesswoman
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Aruna Kori
Aruna Kori (born 15 March 1973) is an Indian politician and social worker. She represented Bilhaur constituency as MLA by Samajwadi Party. And she was also the Minister of Women Welfare and Culture of Government of Uttar Pradesh
The Governme ...
(born 1973), Indian politician
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Aruna Kumari Galla
Galla Aruna Kumari (born 1 August 1944) is an Indian politician. She is the daughter of former Indian parliamentarian and social activist Paturi Rajagopala Naidu. She is currently a polit buro member of the Telugu Desam Party. She was the Mini ...
(born 1944), Indian politician
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Aruna Lama
Aruna Lama (9 September 19454 February 1998) was an Indian-born Nepali language singer from Darjeeling. She is popularly known as 'Nightingale of the Hills'. She sang hundreds of Nepali songs, including some for Nepali film, and left an indelib ...
(1945–1998), Indian singer
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Aruna Mishra
Aruna Mishra is a female Indian boxer. Her career highlights include gold medal
A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plati ...
(fl. from 2003), female Indian boxer
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Aruna Mohanty
Aruna Mohanty (born April 4, 1960) is an Odissi dancer, choreographer and guru. She is currently the Secretary of the Orissa (Odisha) Dance Academy. She has received a number of awards for her work, including the Padmashree award.
Training
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(born 1960), Odissi dancer
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Aruna Miller
Aruna Miller (née Katragadda; November 6, 1964) is an American politician who is the lieutenant governor-elect of Maryland. Miller, a Democrat, is a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing Legislative District 15 in Mont ...
(born 1964), American politician
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Mucherla Aruna (born 1965), Indian actress
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Aruna Raje
Aruna Raje (born 1946) is an Indian film director and editor known for her works in Hindi cinema.
Early life
Aruna Raje was born on 17 October in 1946 in Pune, India.
Education and career
Aruna enrolled initially at Grant Medical College in ...
(born 1946), Indian film director
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Aruna Ramchandra Dhere
Aruna Ramchandra Dhere (Devanagari: अरुणा रामचंद्र ढेरे) (b. 2 Feb 1957) is a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. She was the President of the 92nd Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan held at Yavatmal ...
(born 1957), Marathi writer
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Aruna Reddy (born 1995), Indian artistic gymnast
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Aruna Roy (born 1946), Indian political and social activist
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Aruna Sairam
Sangita Kalanidhi Aruna Sairam is an Indian classical vocalist and carnatic music singer. She is a recipient of the Padma Shri award from the Government of India and has been elected as Vice Chairman of the Sangeet Natak Academy (India's premier ...
(born 1952), Indian classical vocalist
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Aruna Shanbaug (1948–2015), subject of an Indian euthanasia court case
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Aruna Shields
Aruna Shields is a British actress, filmmaker and therapist. She debuted with the 2010 Indian film ''Prince'' starring Vivek Oberoi.
Career
Shields, while at a theatrical workshop, was spotted by an acting agent. According to Google zeitgeist, i ...
(fl. from 2002), British actress
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Aruna Sundararajan (fl. from 1982), Indian civil servant
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Aruna Vasudev
Aruna Vasudev (born 1936) is an Indian critic, author, editor, painter, maker of documentaries and is considered an eminent scholar on Asian cinema, who has also been described as the "mother of Asian Cinema".
Early life and education
A younger ...
(born 1936), Indian scholar on Asian cinema
Other uses
* Aruna Mountains,
Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh (, ) is a state in Northeastern India. It was formed from the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and became a state on 20 February 1987. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south. It shares int ...
, India
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2313 Aruna, a minor planet
See also
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Arun (disambiguation)
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Arūnas, a given name
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Anúna
Anúna (stylized in all caps) is a vocal ensemble formed in Ireland in 1987 by Irish composer Michael McGlynn under the name An Uaithne. Taking the current name in 1991,Allmusic Biography/ref> the group has recorded 18 albums and achieved a ...
, an Irish choral ensemble
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Anura (disambiguation)
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