The Palar is the Palar River, a river in the Chikkaballapura district of Karnataka state in southern India.

"Palar" or "the Palar" may also refer to:

• Palar River (Kaveri basin), a different river in India, in the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
• Villages
  • Palar, India, a village in India in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand state
  • Palar Nagar, a village in India in the Kolar district of Karnataka State
• People
  • Pallar, a caste of Tamil Nadu, India
  • Lambertus Nicodemus Palar, an Indonesian diplomat
• Events
  • The Palar Challenge, an annual off-road motor race in southern India since 2006

• Palar blast, a landmine attack in Karnataka, India, that killed 22 people in April 1993
• Uttarkashi–Palar Yamunotri Railway, a proposed 22 km railway starting from Uttarkashi and ending at the village of Palar, India