Neela is a feminine given name which may refer to:
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People
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Neela Marikkar
Neela Marikkar is the Chairperson of Dentsu Grant Group (formally Grant McCann Erickson), a leading Communications Group in Sri Lanka in partnership with Dentsu and Dentsu Aegis Network.
Biography
Neela is a daughter of the Sri Lankan media pers ...
, Chairperson of the Grant McCann Erickson, a leading communications group in Sri Lanka
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Neela Padmanabhan
Neela Padmanabhan ( ta, நீல பத்பநாபன், born. 26 April 1938), is a Tamil writer from Nagercoil, India. He also writes in Malayalam.
Biography
Neela Padmanabhan was born in Kanyakumari District. He obtained a B. Sc in Ph ...
(born 1938), Tamil writer
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Neela Sathyalingam (1938–2017), Singaporean Tamil classical Indian dancer, choreographer
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Neela Satyanarayanan
Neela Satyanarayanan (née Mandake) (pronounced ; 5 February 1948 – 16 July 2020) was an Indian author and civil servant. She was the first female State Election Commissioner in Maharashtra.
Biography
Satyanarayanan was born on 5 February 194 ...
(1948–2020), Indian civil servant
*Sikkil Neela (born 1940), Indian flautist, one of the
Sikkil Sisters
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Neela Wickramasinghe
Visharada Dona Delicia Neela Wickramasinghe ( si, නීලා වික්රමසිංහ; 30 March 1950 – 17 January 2022), popularly as Neela Wickramasinghe, was a Sri Lankan songstress, teacher, playback singer and musician. A four-t ...
(1950–2022), Sri Lankan singer and musician
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Neela Winkelmann-Heyrovská
Neela Winkelmann-Heyrovská (born 6 August 1969 in Prague) is a Czech academic, environmental activist and government official. She was the founder and first managing director of the Platform of European Memory and Conscience, an educational proj ...
(born 1969), Czech biologist, environmental activist and government official
Hindu godesses
*Neela or
Nila Devi
Niladevi (), also rendered as Neela Devi, is a Hindu goddess, and a consort of the preserver deity Vishnu, along with Sridevi and Bhudevi. Niladevi is regarded to be one of Vishnu's consorts, named Nagnajiti, in his avatar as Krishna, along with ...
, a Hindu goddess, consort of Vishnu
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Neela (goddess)
In Hinduism, Neela is known as Neelima or Neelamratna. She is the first consort and the chief wife of Shani and mother of Kuligna. She balances and increases power of Shani and is the goddess of the gemstone Blue Sapphire gemstone. Her son Kul ...
, consort of Shani
Fictional characters
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Neela Rasgotra
Dr. Neela Rasgotra (former married name Gallant) is a fictional character portrayed by Parminder Nagra on the television show '' ER''. Parminder Nagra's addition into the main cast opening credits was in the 3rd episode of season 10.
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, portrayed by Parminder Nagra on the television show ''ER''
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Neela (''Star Trek''), in two episodes of ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''
See also
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Nila (disambiguation)
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Indian feminine given names