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November 05 2011

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A dark room with a large video wall of nine tiled screens showing live feeds from different centres. Most panels show groups of devotees seated on mats or cushions in halls, with labels such as SINGAPURAM, HOUSTON KALAHASTI, WASHINGTON D.C. SRIPURAM, NEW JERSEY Omkareshwar, Sri Krishna Dwaraka-style and KRUNCHALA on the screens. One lower-right panel shows a figure in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala, standing before a golden arched backdrop decorated with yellow flowers and garlands, a depiction of a person on a screen. Physical people in the room itself are not visible; the people shown are on the screens.2011-11-05July 10 20122012-07-10A photograph of a large monitor displaying a multi-panel video conference grid of satsang locations. Panels show groups of devotees seated on the floor in white and orange clothes, with a shrine, deity murti and flower decorations visible in several rooms. Labels on the panels read SINGAPURAM, HYDERABAD and DALLAS DWARAKA, and SAN JOSE MADURAI appears in one panel. In the top-right panel a person wears white and orange, and in the lower-right panel a figure in a saffron-orange robe with a decorated gold headdress and garlands stands before a golden arch. No speaker's face is identifiable, and no clear appearance-based candidate for a person is evident, so the identity remains uncertain. Many small on-screen people are visible across the grid.2012-07-07A large display screen shows a multi-panel video conference grid of Nithya Kriya sessions from several centres. Panels labelled Los Angeles Arunachala, Washington D.C. Sripuram, San Jose Madurai, Singapuram, New Jersey Sakareshwar, Seattle Bhoomi Bharam and Ohio show participants sitting on mats and cushions, some in meditation posture, others in white and orange clothing, with altars, kalasha and flower garlands visible in several rooms. In the lower right panel, a man with long dark hair, ornate shawl and rudraksha mala stands bare-chested beside a seated woman, appearing as a screen depiction of the Swamiji candidate.2011-11-06A photograph of a large monitor displaying a video conference grid of many small live feeds from different locations, each labelled with a place name. Feeds show groups of people seated in homes and centres: a woman in orange and a man in white at a table with flowers, a group in white seated on the floor, a man in an orange shawl in Bengaluru North, and a bald man in white with a mala and a woman in white with a mala in Port Washington NY. Labels include Singapore Singapuram, San Diego Tsru Alavi, New York Varanasi, Bengaluru North, Port Washington NY and Sri Julien Pranam. Visible people in the screens are part of the feeds, not physical people in the room.2013-04-14A photograph of a computer monitor displaying a multi-panel video conference grid of satsang groups seated on the floor in several cities. Participants wear white, red, pink and orange clothing and sit on mats and cushions in rooms with posters and banners. Panels are labelled with city names such as OHIO, TORONTO and SINGAPORE. In the lower right panel a figure in orange robes sits on a golden peetha in front of a large ornate halo, with the words Life Bliss visible beside it. The image shows only the screen display, so the visible people are the small figures inside the video panels.2011-01-21A monitor shows a nine-panel video grid of satsang groups in different locations, linked by live video. Top-left panel shows people seated beside a temple altar with a sign reading OHIO. Centre-bottom panel shows a seated group with a sign reading SINGAPORE. Bottom-right panel shows a figure in orange and pink robes with a tall crown and rudraksha mala, seated on a gold-ornate throne with hands in a teaching gesture, consistent with the page's Swamiji claim but shown on a screen, so a depiction. Other panels show seated devotees, a temple with deity murtis, and yoga-style seating on mats. The monitor is in front of a second dark screen.2011-08-20A photograph of a flat-screen monitor displaying a nine-panel video grid of remote devotee groups joined to a satsang. Most panels show groups of people seated in homes or halls with ritual setups: decorated deity altars, kalasha pots, flower garlands and oil lamps. Printed name placards are visible in some panels, including one reading SINGAPORE and one reading OHIO. The monitor sits beside a dark second screen and a blue-lit display on the left.2011-08-20September 13 20122012-09-13A photograph of a large video wall displaying a grid of nine live feeds of simultaneous group sessions held at different centres. Top left, several people seated on mats before a small table with offerings; a figure in orange robes sits at the centre, flanked by others in white. Top centre, a crowd in white and colourful clothing sits before a deity murti shrine with red and gold drapery, a green sign reading SEATTLE and a white sign reading SINGAPURAM nearby. Top right, a seated man in a dark shirt in front of a Singapuram banner. Middle row, a shrine with decorated deity murtis, a sign reading OHIO PRAYAG, a seated group on striped mats, a sign reading SAN JOSE MADURAI, and a sign reading PRAYAG on a dark panel. Bottom row, colourful shrines with deity figures, a group in front of a sign reading RONTO, and a shrine with a sign reading KULIP MALAYSIA. Dark room edges frame the screen.2012-04-16September 16 20122012-09-16October 06 20122012-10-06