Dasaradhi Rangacharya was born on 24 August 1928 in Hyderabad State (in present-day Telangana).
[4] Other novels that he wrote include Srimadramayanam (Ramayana), Sri Mahabharatam (Mahabharata), Devadasu Uttaralu (transl.
Letters from Devdas (character)), Chaturveda Samhita, Amrutha Upanishathu and Amruthangamaya among others.
[6] Dasaradhi was conferred with Kala Ratna in 2001 by the government of United Andhra Pradesh.
[7] Dasaradhi died on 8 June 2015 in Yashoda Hospitals in Somajiguda and was given a state funeral by the Government of Telangana.