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Father: Kesava Rao Dasu
Spouse: Meenakshamma Dasu

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DASU PADMANABHA RAO

(March 13,1900- May 5,1987)

Dasu Padmanabha Rao was born on 13 March,1900 at Eluru. He married Smt. Meenakshamma (b. 25 July,1907) third daughter of Ayyagari Venkata Subba Rao and Venkata Ratnamma on 8 May,1920 at Berhampur. After his schooling at Bezawada he studied at Pachayyappa College in Madras and then joined the ‘Vani Press’ the well-known printing press of Bezawada, established in 1896 by his father Dasu Kesava Rao. He studied printing technology in Calcutta to take charge of the type-setting and rotary machines and was assisting his father in its management and, after his father’s demise, became its Manager in 1934. Equipped with the state of the art machines of those times and with its own dedicated Foundries, Vani Press earned the reputation of being one among the leading printing establishments in the country with eight branches. It responded to challenging demands, printing and delivering a 100-page book to the customer in just 24 hours! Courts and universities relied on it for printing confidential documents like examination papers and judgments requiring secrecy. It was the official printing press of the Andhra University until the university established its own press.

Padmanabha Rao was the founder president of Mahakavi Dasu Sreeramulu Smaraka Samithi established in 1973 at Hyderabad. Under his guidance and untiring efforts, the Samithi has printed /reprinted over 10 literary works of Dasu Sreeramulu including his magnum opus Devi Bhagavatham and made available to the literary public. His wife predeceased him on Nonvember 14th, 1986 and he passed away on May 5,1987 at Hyderabad. Just before his death he was felicitated by the Andhra Pradesh Master Printers Association. With four daughters , a son and several grand and great grand children he lived a very happy and fruitful life.