Thota is an Indian surname found in the states of

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

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Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian subcontinent, Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India b ...

. Notable people with this surname include: *

Thota Gopala Krishna Thota Gopala Krishna (1945–2012) was an Indian politician who was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, from the Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh as a member of the Telugu Desam Party The Telugu Desam Party (; ...

(1945–2012), Indian politician, Lok Sabha member from Andhra Pradesh *

Thota Narasayya Naidu Thota Narasayya Naidu (also spelled as Thota Narasaiah Naidu) was an Indian freedom fighter and a resident of the Pagolu taluk, Machilipatnam (present-day Andhra Pradesh). He was a wrestler by profession and served in the court of the Challa ...

, Indian wrestler and freedom fighter of the 1930s *

Thota Narasimham Thota Narasimham is an Indian politician and a member of parliament from Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. He won the 2014 Indian general election being a Telugu Desam Party The Telugu Desam Party (; TDP) is an Indian regional political party op ...

, Indian politician *

Thota Seetharama Lakshmi Thota Sitarama Lakshmi (born 12 September 1951 Uppuluru, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh ) is an Indian politician from Telugu Desam Party who presently represents the party as a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from Andhra Pradesh, I ...

, Indian politician, Rajya Sabha member from Andhra Pradesh *

Thota Tharani Thota Tharani is an Indian film art director and production designer who has predominantly worked in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam cinema and Bollywood. As of 2013, he has won two National Film Awards, two Filmfare Awards South and four Tamil ...

, Indian film art director and production designer *

Thota Vaikuntam Thota Vaikuntam (born 1942) is an Indian painter. His paintings capture simple lifestyle of villagers like the paddy fields, toddy pots on shoulders of men, the household chores, temple rituals etc. His drawings range from stark charcoal on ...

, Indian painter *

Raj Thota Raj Thota is an Indian Telugu-Language film cinematographer. He received praise for the film ''Arjun Reddy''. Early life Raj was born in the Kasarabad village, grew up in Suryapet, Nalgonda, Telangana, and moved to Hyderabad. He was very enthusi ...

, Indian Telugu-language film-maker

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