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Father: Kesava Rao Dasu

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Dasu Sridhara Rao, second son of Kesava Rao Garu, was born 20th May 1897 with impaired vision that frustrated his appreciation of the world around him. He was hardly five years old when he was taken to Madras (Chennai) for an ophthalmic test. Immediately after wearing glasses he happily told Velagapudi Subba Rao Garu,his brother in law, that he could watch time on the tower of Madras central station. He went to Church Mission School in Bezwada (Vijayawada) now known as Municipal High School, opposite Gandhi Park. His poor vision came in the way of further education.
He married Santamma on 7-5-1916 at Governor peta, Bezwada.She was daughter of Yarlagadda Pingali Purushottam and Bapayamma. She was born on 13-5-1903 at Nandigudem.
When he was old enough, he began taking interest in his father’s printing business. Stationed at Guntur, he managed all the branches of Vani Press, south of the Krishna. In later years, he remained at Bezwada, assisting his two brothers in running the press.
His first love, however, was music, of which he was a well-known connoisseur. He attended every music concert whether it was at Bezwada or Madras or Bangalore (Bengaluru). He was an ardent fan of Bangalore Taayi a noted carnatic musician of yesteryears. He found spiritual bliss in playing the organ. His damaged vision did not come in the way of his playing tennis. Sridhara Rao used to lead his football team to different towns.
He died very young of an undiagnised heart ailment,on 17th March 1947, leaving five daughters and three sons. Yet his wife brought up their five daughters and three sons successfully bearing many visicitudes.She died on 4th March 1992 at Hyderabad.