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Mood Indigo IIT Bombay

About the work
Mood Indigo is the annual cultural festival of IIT Bombay. Dr. Darla Nageswara Rao exhibited artworks there and created special sticker-based pieces dedicated to the festival: a Mood Indigo logo, a 2012 letterhead composition, and a large “Meow Meow” portrait, among related works.
Across these pieces he used about 31,015 stickers. The exhibition at Pavai Campus affirmed institutional recognition of his sticker/Replica Art practice.
Key facts
- Context: Mood Indigo festival, IIT Bombay (Pavai Campus)
- Works include: Meow Meow portrait (~18,305 stickers), Mood Indigo logo (5,050), letterhead (7,660)
- Combined stickers documented: 31,015
- Dedication noted in presence of festival associates (as in source materials)
Public impact & highlights
National student-festival platform for the artist’s work
Limca Book of Records among recognitions tied to this strand





















