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November 15 2011

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December 01 20112011-12-01November 17 20112011-11-17A photograph of a screen showing a live satsang broadcast in a small hall. A sign reads "ARUNACHALA TV MALAI" on a white placard in front of a group seated on mats. Several people in white and saffron clothing sit with hands joined in namaskar, and an older man in saffron sits at the right edge, with bare upper body and saffron cloth. Behind them a framed portrait and a deity murti are set on an altar, with a brass kalasha and offering plates in the foreground. Several women wear yellow and orange saris, and a man in white holds a sheet of paper.2011-12-01October 23 20112011-10-23November 15 20112011-11-15November 27 20112011-11-27November 14 20112011-11-14A photograph of a ritual hall where a group of men in white dhoti and shawl sit on mats in rows, with several seated on orange and red cloth. A woman in orange robes sits at the lower left beside a backpack. Two cameras on tripods point toward a flat-screen monitor on a table showing a grid of live video feeds of other seated groups. Brass and steel vessels and a small table with items sit near the back, and red chairs line the left wall.2011-01-18A ritual in an open-sided pavilion with a tiled roof and palm trees beyond. A woman in a white sari with a gold-edged border stands at centre, holding a small brass vessel and water or incense toward a row of seated devotees. Several people in white clothes with orange shawls sit cross-legged on the floor before banana-leaf plates, brass pots and small metal cups. Tall bamboo poles with orange-and-red tassels rise among them. Behind a low wall on the right, onlookers sit and watch, and a man on the far right with bare feet sits near brass vessels. Two older women in saffron sit at the left edge near a table with food offerings.2006-11-20A large group of women seated on the floor of a hall in rows, holding lit oil lamps (diyas) in their hands during a ritual. Most wear orange or saffron saris and garments with maroon borders, while some wear white saris with yellow or orange borders. Several hold small brass bells or implements in their other hands. Some are reading from open booklets on their laps. On the right, a flat-screen monitor on a white podium shows a video feed of a seated figure in orange and red clothing, and a film camera on a tripod records the scene. Behind them, more seated participants and a few standing attendees are visible, and a blue banner hangs on the back wall. Scattered brass lamps and plates lie on the floor in front.2010-10-23A screenshot of a video call on a computer monitor showing a seated group in a hall with a wooden floor. Many people in white dhoti and white kurta clothing sit cross-legged, several with hands raised near their faces. A white board in the foreground bears partly legible lettering reading TV and AL-like text in red and green. At the back, a raised dais holds a yellow-and-gold ornate seat. A person in orange clothing sits at the far left edge, and a bare-chested man sits at the right edge. The screen shows an online software window with a purple logo at top left.2011-11-07A large hall with white tiled floor and pink walls hung with orange and yellow decorative banners. Rows of seated devotees fill the floor, many in white dhotis and shawls with rudraksha malas, some in saffron and yellow clothing. In the foreground a man in a saffron-orange robe sits cross-legged on an orange mat before a plate of offerings, with brass and steel bowls and plates of flowers around him. Beside him a man in white ritual clothes sits with hands folded in prayer. A monitor on a stand shows a live broadcast of a seated figure, and a video camera on a tripod records the scene. Many devotees sit with hands folded in anjali mudra during a satsang or ritual gathering.2010-12-31