{"bio": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Born on 02-10-1910 in Velicheru village, Near Rajahmundry, East Godavari dist, Andhra Pradesh. \r\nEducation at Rajahmundry & Madras. Initiated into Vedic & Sanskrit lore in boyhood.\r\nDid M A ( Mathematics) from Madras University & Ph.D in Astronomy from Karnataka University. \r\nWas the Chairman of Board of Studies, A member of Academic Council of Andhra University.    \r\nPrincipal, D N R College, Bhimavaram.\r\nReader in Khagola Sastra in Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, Tirupati.\r\nSecretary, Hindu Dharmarakshana Samstha/Dharma Prachara Parishad, TTD, Tirupati.\r\nProject Officer for Creative Work & Research, TTD, Tirupati.\r\nRecipient of Presidential Award as a Sanskrit Scholar.  \r\nRecipient of Sahitya Academy Award for the work \" BRAHMANJALI\" a Sanskrit kavya. \r\nRecipient of U P State Govt Award for a work captioned \" Jyotirvijnanam\" in Sanskrit. \r\nGuided many students for PhD in astronomy. \r\nDied on 11-01-1986 at Apollo Hospital, Madras."}, "name": "Dhulipala Arka Somayaji", "personal_name": "Dhulipala Arka Somayaji", "death_date": "1986", "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "photos": [6904761, 6904757], "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2018-02-07T18:38:01.287244"}, "latest_revision": 5, "key": "/authors/OL15064A", "birth_date": "1910", "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "revision": 5}