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December 11 20112011-12-11September 23 20112011-09-23Photograph of two monitors displaying a multi-panel video-conference grid of remote ashram and satsang locations. Panels show small groups of devotees in rooms with shrines, floor mats and framed images. Labels include Los Angeles Arunachala, Toronto Kailasa, Guadeloupe Rameswaram, Ohio Prayag, Nithyananda Nagaram Hyderabad, Seattle Chidambaram, Singapore Singapuram, San Jose Madurai and Bidadi. A framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure with a turban hangs in one panel on the right screen. The screens show people on screens only, with no physical people in the room.2013-12-10A photograph of a large monitor displaying a multi-panel collage of video stills from temple and ashram gatherings. Several panels show groups of people seated on floors and mats before decorated altars with deity murtis, garlands and flowers. A bottom-centre panel shows a bare-chested man with a white tilak, rudraksha-style garland and a red-patterned backdrop, and a right-hand panel shows a figure in saffron robes seated among offerings. Some panels carry printed city-name signs such as Seattle, Oklahoma Sonnetham and San Jose Madurai. The collage content is screen imagery, so no physical people are counted in the room beyond the handful of people in the scene behind the monitor.2012-09-26A video-conference screen shows a grid of live feeds from multiple a person centres, with location labels such as Seattle Chidambaram, Yananda Nagaram Hyderabad, Sharjah, Oklahoma Somnatham, Malaysia Palani, Phoenix Kanchipuram, Ohio Prayag, Toronto Kailasam and Los Angeles Arunachala. Participants sit on mats and cushions in meditation or satsang postures, some in white and some in saffron or orange clothing. In the Phoenix feed, a figure in orange sits at the front of the hall. Several rooms have deity murti, flower offerings and a kalasha. In the Sharjah feed, a portrait on the wall shows a figure in an orange turban beside a seated man in white. The screen is seen from the front in an office or hall setting.2013-04-13A photograph of a monitor displaying a multi-panel video call of meditation and training sessions across several centres. Top-left panel labelled SINGAPURAM shows seated participants on mats, some in white and some in saffron-coloured clothing. Top-centre panel shows a shrine with deity murtis, a kalasha-like arrangement and devotees sitting on colourful mats. Top-right panel labelled SEATTLE and CHIDAMBARAM shows a group in white and blue clothes sitting on a red-and-blue mat in front of a saffron flag. Bottom-left panel shows a seated group in white. Bottom-centre panel shows a woman with dark hair in a green top sitting on a sofa. Bottom-right panel shows a bald man in a white sleeveless top with a mala necklace sitting cross-legged in meditation. No one is identifiable as a person.2011-12-10November 08 20112011-11-08September 08 20112011-09-08July 17 20122012-07-17April 14 20122012-04-14September 28 20122012-09-28A photograph of a large wall-mounted screen showing a video link with four panels. Top right shows a group seated on a striped rug with a white banner reading SAN JOSE, including a man in a dark top and a man in white, with a brass tray of offerings nearby, beneath decorated deity shrines. Bottom left shows a woman in a blue sari seated before a tray with a sign reading SEATTLE USA, beside a decorated shrine room with garlands. Top left shows women seated at a shrine room with a sign marked LA. Bottom right shows an ornate golden throne with red cushions before a carved stone lion and a framed portrait of a woman in orange robes with a garland; a figure in white and a crown-like headpiece stands at the throne's side, with a brass lamp and red flowers in front. Copyright text overlays the screen.2011-08-11 +1 copies