Rai Bahadur Thandalam Gopala Rao (Marathi: तंडलं गोपाळ राव, Tamil: தண்டலம் கோபால் ராவ்) (c. 1832 – 11 May 1886) was an Indian educator who, along with William Archer Porter, was responsible for the growth of the Government Arts College, Kumbakonam in its early stages.