Pandit Damodar Hota (Odia: ଦାମୋଦର ହୋତା, romanized: Dāmodara Hotā; 25 December 1935 – 5 February 2022) was an Indian classical vocalist, musicologist, composer, and guru based in Odisha, India.

[1] A Top Grade artist of Doordarshan and All India Radio, he started learning music from his mother Smt.

For his Doctor of Music (Sangeet Pravin) degree, he was awarded the Pandit Mirashi Buwa Puraskar.

He was the founder and chief guru of Swar Rang, an institution of Hindustani Classical and Udra Paddhatiya Sangita.

To aid teaching and preservation, he authored numerous books notating and discussing the practice, compositions, theory, and historical aspects of both forms of music.