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September 07 20112011-09-07September 07 20112011-09-07September 09 20112011-09-09A screenshot of a video-conference grid showing nine tiled live feeds of satsang groups in different locations. Tiles show devotees seated on mats before decorated deity murti altars with red, pink and gold drapes, garlands and flowers. Labels on the tiles read "SAN JOSE MADURAI", "SEATTLE CHIDAMBARAM", "TO RON TO KAILASH", "GUADELOUPE KAVAIKUMARI", "OHIO PRAYAG", "MALAYSIA" and "TARUNACHALA". In the bottom-right tile a man wearing a yellow turban, gold necklaces and a golden-yellow garment sits on a red-and-gold throne-like seat in front of a glowing warm background. Other tiles show people in white and orange clothes seated before the murtis.2011-09-03 +1 copiesNovember 18 20112011-11-18December 18 20112011-12-18A large screen shows a grid of video-call tiles for a satsang, with labelled windows reading Malaysia Palani, Toronto Kailasam, Phoenix Kanchipuram, Los Angeles Arunachala, San Jose Madurai, Ohio Center and Seattle Chidambaram. Tiles show people seated on mats performing puja with oil lamps, a brass thali, flowers and kalasha-like vessels, and a man in white and orange seated before a red-draped altar. In the bottom-right tile a man with long hair, saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits before a gold-decorated backdrop, the screen content being the satsang broadcast. The photograph is of the screen, so the people on it are not physically present.2013-04-09A multi-panel video-call collage of nine screens showing devotee groups at different temple and ashram locations, each with a printed label. Top-left shows a shrine with deity murtis and a group seated in front; the label panels read "GUADELOUPE KAYAMKULAM", "PHOENIX KANCHEEPURAM", "OHIO PRAYAG", "SAN JOSE MADURAI", "TO RON TO KAILASH", "MALAYSIA PALANI" and "Los Angeles ARUNACHALA". Several panels show devotees in white and orange clothing seated before decorated deity murtis, garlands and flower offerings. The bottom-right panel shows a man in an orange turban, orange and purple robes and a gold necklace speaking against a purple backdrop.2011-09-09A projected multi-panel collage of live video feeds from several satsang centres, shown on a screen in a dim room. The top-left panel shows a man in saffron and yellow robes with a yellow head covering, seated on an ornate red-and-gold throne, with a deity image visible at lower left; its figure appears on a screen and is an uncertain candidate for the a person depiction. Other panels show groups seated on mats and floors in Singapore, Guadeloupe, Ohio/Prayag, Malaysia (Palani) with a decorated deity altar, and Seattle (Chidambaram) with devotees in white and orange seated in front of altars and a small brass lamp. A few panels show decorated deity shrines with garlands, flowers, and oil lamps. The collage is a graphic of live feeds, so no physical people are counted in the photo beyond the screen content.2011-09-01April 13 20132013-04-13A multi-panel video-conference screen grid showing satsang gatherings in several locations. Most panels show devotees seated on mats before home shrines with deity murtis, flower garlands, lamps and offering plates. Several participants wear white, saffron and colourful saris and kurtas. The bottom-right panel shows a figure seated on an ornate gold and red throne, wearing a yellow turban, saffron-yellow shawl, rudraksha mala and gold necklace, with a cross-body orange cloth; the person appears to be a person seated on a throne. Other panels include a standing figure in blue near a shrine and seated groups before colourful decorated altars.2011-09-03 +1 copiesA nine-panel video-call grid showing multiple satsang groups seated in different locations, with handwritten or printed signs reading OHIO, SEATTLE USA, SINGAPORE and SAN JOSE beneath groups. Several groups sit on striped rugs before deity altars, garlands and flower arrangements; one group wears white and sits on mats with offerings. The bottom-right panel shows a man in saffron and maroon robes with a gold-bordered rudraksha mala and ornate gold necklaces, seated before a gold-decorated backdrop with a visible raised hand gesture, and his cues are distinctive enough to mark him as a person depiction on screen. Other panels show a seated woman in a red sari with garlands and a central figure in white on a striped rug before deity images.2011-08-20