Kuru may refer to:

Anthropology and history

Kuru (disease) Kuru is a rare, incurable, and fatal Neurological disorder, neurodegenerative disorder that was formerly common among the Fore people of Papua New Guinea. Kuru is a form of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) caused by the transmission ...

, a type of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy associated with the cannibalistic funeral practices of the Fore people *

Kuru (mythology) "Sidaba Mapu" ( mni, ꯁꯤꯗꯕ ꯃꯄꯨ) (literally,''"Immortal God"'') or Salailel ( mni, ꯁꯂꯥꯢꯂꯦꯜ) is the Supreme God, Creator of the universe and the Sky God in Meitei mythology and religion. According to Meitei mythology, Si ...

, part of Meithei mythology *

Kuru Kingdom Kuru (Sanskrit: ) was a Vedic Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryan tribal union in northern Iron Age India, Iron Age India, encompassing parts of the modern-day states of Haryana, Delhi, and some parts of western Uttar Pradesh, which appeared in the M ...

, a powerful Indo-Aryan tribe and kingdom during the Vedic period (Early Iron Age) and later a republic during the Mahajanapada period in India **

King Kuru The ''Mahabharata'' is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India; it was composed by the sage Vyasa. The most important characters of ''Mahabharata'' can be said to include: Krishna; the Pandavas Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakul ...

(Vedic Hindu era), the imputed ancestral king of Indo-Aryan Kuru tribe * Kuru (sport), a traditional Bhutanese sport * Kuru, also called sintak, a traditional game of stones from the Philippines

Places

Kuru River The Kuru River, or Chel River is a stream in the South Sudanese states of Western Bahr el Ghazal and Northern Bahr el Ghazal. It is a headwater of the Lol River. Course The Kuru or Chel River forms in the south of Western Bahr el Ghazal on the bo ...

, a river in South Sudan *

Kuru, Finland Kuru is a former municipality of Finland, now part of the town of Ylöjärvi. Kuru is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. Kuru lies north of Tampere. The municipality had a population of 2,782 and cover ...

, municipality * Kuru, Iran *

Kuru, Nigeria Kuru is located on the Jos Plateau in north-central Nigeria commonly referred as the middle belt region of Nigeria. Located about 20 km to Jos on the Jos-Abuja highway in Plateau State. Kuru is a conglomerate of other small semi - developed ...

* Kuru, Ida-Viru County, village in Iisaku Parish, Ida-Viru County, Estonia * Kuru, Lääne-Viru County, village in Tapa Parish, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia * Kuru block, a community development block in Jharkhand, India *

Kuru, Lohardaga Kuru is a village in the Kuru CD block in the Lohardaga Sadar subdivision of the Lohardaga district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Kuru is located at Area overview The map alongside ...

, a village in Jhankhand, India

Transport

* , an Australian patrol boat operational between 1938 and 1943 * S/S ''Kuru'', a Finnish lake steamer

People

* Ahmet Kuru (born 1982), Turkish footballer * Bartoloměj Kuru (born 1987), Austrian footballer *

Büşra Kuru Büşra Kuru (born 24 October 2001) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for 2. Frauen-Bundesliga club, SC Sand, and the Turkey women's national team. Born in Germany, she represents Turkey at the international level. Early life Büşra K ...

(born 2001), German-born Turkish women's footballer * Taygun Kuru (born 1990), Turkish-German footballer * Uğur Arslan Kuru (born 1989), Turkish footballer *

Kuruvilla Pandikattu Kuruvilla Pandikattu Joseph, SJ, (कुरुविला पांडिक्काट्ट or കുരുവിള പാണ്ടിക്കാട്ട്) (born November 28, 1957) is an Indian Jesuit priest. He is Chair Professor o ...

(born 1957), Indian philosopher

Other uses

* ''Kuru'' (film), a Japanese supernatural horror film * KURU (FM), a radio station (89.1 FM) licensed to serve Silver City, New Mexico, United States *'' Kuru kulla'', a genus dromaeosaurid theropod

Anthropology and history

Places

Transport

People

Other uses

See also