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Handwritten Replica of 14 Pages of Eenadu
About the work
Building on front-page Replica Art, Dr. Darla Nageswara Rao created a handwritten replica of a complete Eenadu Telugu newspaper edition published on Gandhi Jayanti, 2 October 2004.
The work is not a photocopy. Every letter, headline, advertisement, cartoon, and layout element was reproduced by hand with fountain pen and poster colours; photographs were cut and pasted in place. Ten pages of the main edition and four pages of the Vasundhara supplement—fourteen pages in all—were completed on a single roll of paper.
The project demonstrates the endurance and precision of Replica Art at full-edition scale.
Key facts
- Source edition: Eenadu, 2 October 2004 (Gandhi Jayanti)
- Pages: 10 main + 4 Vasundhara supplement = 14 pages
- Support: single roll of paper, approximately 22 × 196 inches
- Duration: about five months; roughly six hours of work per day
- Materials: fountain pen (black ink), poster colours; pasted photographs
Public impact & highlights
Shows Replica Art applied to a full newspaper edition, not only a front page
Recognised by India Book of Records and numerous other record organisations
Photographs
Certificates
35 certificates and record entries received for this concept; 20 shown below.
