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October 14 2012

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Photograph of a large video wall showing a grid of live feeds from multiple temple centres. Tiles show groups seated on floors performing puja, with shrines of deity murtis decorated with red and gold drapery, oil lamps, and kalasha-style offerings. Printed labels on tiles read Phoenix Kanchipuram, Seattle Vedamandaram, Oklahoma Somnathan, Toronto Sivalayam and San Jose Madurai. In the lower right tile, a man in orange and white ritual clothing with a red-and-gold ornate backdrop and a gold necklace is seated on a throne; a caption reads 'Paramahamsa Nithyananda' area text not clearly legible. Bottom right corner carries a copyright notice.2012-10-17September 19 20122012-09-19 +1 copiesA photograph of a video wall showing a multi-panel live feed of a Hindu ritual gathering. The central panel shows a figure in white dhoti standing and raising a ceremonial object, beside a decorated deity murti on a side altar. Seated devotees on a blue mat wear orange and saffron robes, and one seated man in orange sits at the front right. A sign on the mat reads TORONTO. Other panels show seated devotees with marigold garlands and offerings, and a person in white at the lower left.2011-07-15October 07 20122012-10-07 +1 copiesA photograph of a large screen displaying a grid of live video feeds from multiple centres, showing groups seated in ceremonial settings with deity altars, red and orange drapery, flower garlands and oil lamps. Several feeds have handwritten placards naming locations such as Seattle Chidambaram, Oklahoma Somnatham and Toronto Ashram. In the bottom-right feed, a bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold necklace sits before a red arched backdrop, which may be a person displayed on the screen.2012-10-17A photograph of a large display screen showing a multi-window video satsang. Other panels show seated devotees in white and colourful shawls before shrines with deity murtis, a red-draped altar, and a woman in a dark top and a man in red shawl sitting on mats.2011-02-11A 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.2012-09-26September 10 20122012-09-10December 18 20112011-12-18A photograph of a large screen showing a grid of video-call panels from different centres, each labelled with a city or place such as Toronto Kailasa, Los Angeles Nyanda, Austin, Houston, San Jose Madurai, Dubai, Madurai Adheenam and Malaysia Palani. Several panels show small groups of people seated on the floor in front of deity murti and decorated altars during pada-pooja. In the Austin panel a man in white clothing with a rudraksha mala sits on a patterned sofa. The bottom-right panel shows a man in an orange robe and rudraksha mala seated on a red and gold throne, with the centre-right panel showing a bare-chested figure seated before an altar.2012-10-05A flat-screen monitor displays a multi-window video call of several ashram locations, photographed at an angle in a dark room. Top left panel shows a hall labelled "LOS ANGELES ARUNACHALA" with people seated on mats before decorated deity shrines. Middle left panel shows a temple labelled "TORONTO KAILASAM" with a woman in white and a few seated devotees near an altar of deity murtis. Middle centre panel shows a seated figure in white in a red-draped room beside a framed photograph, and a row of seated devotees appears at right. Bottom left panel shows a room labelled "KAJANG MALAYSIA" with people seated on a sofa and floor in orange and white. Bottom right panel shows a figure in an ornate gilded chair wearing saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala, with long dark hair.2012-06-20 +1 copiesOctober 08 20122012-10-08