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A photograph of a large monitor showing a multi-panel video conference grid of satsang participants in different locations. Top-left panel shows a group seated on purple cushions beside a placard reading SOMNATH OKLAHOMA, with a man in white clothes at the front. Center panels show people seated before shrines with a placard reading BENGALURU NSHTH and another reading MALAYSIA PENANG beside a purple-draped altar. Top-right shows a man in a brown jacket preparing offerings on a table before a framed deity picture. Middle-right shows a man in white with a rudraksha mala seated before shrines beside a sign reading VICTORIA AUSTRALIA. Bottom-right shows a deity murti with a red crown and kalasha-style lamps in the foreground. Bottom-middle shows seated devotees in casual clothes. The visible physical people in the room scene are a few seated participants across the panels, counted as individuals across the grid.

A multi-panel video-conference collage of satsang groups from several locations, each tile showing people seated for meditation or talk in front of deity shrines and murtis. Top left, a group in white clothes sits before a red-draped altar with a placard reading SOMNATH OKL. Top right, seated devotees in saris and kurtas face a shrine with gold arches. Middle row, a placard reads MALAYSIA PJ beside a group in white; a man in white vest and rudraksha mala meditates before a Ganesha murti next to a placard reading VICTORIA AUSTRALIA; a placard reads BANGALORE NORTH above people in mixed colours. Bottom row, a placard reads PHILADELPHIA beside seated participants, and in the bottom right tile a figure in saffron and orange robes sits on an ornate gold throne, hand raised in blessing, with a caption reading NITHYANANDA SATSANG.

A photograph of a large screen displaying a nine-panel video conference grid of satsang participants joined from different locations. Labelled panels read Malaysia Palani, Bengaluru, Victoria Australia, Rio de Janeiro and Charlotte Srisailam. Several panels show devotees seated on mats and cushions in front of colourful deity murti, garlanded shrines, and framed portraits. In the bottom-right panel, a bald man in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala sits in a meditative pose on a pink mat, hand raised near his face. Other panels show people in white and in casual clothes meditating or sitting in rows.

April 13 2013

A large screen displays a video-conference grid of many live feeds from different centres, each labelled with a place name such as Toronto Kailasam, Seattle Chidambaram, Oklahoma Somnatham, San Jose Madurai, Sharjah, Ohio Prayag, Kuala Lumpur-Palani, Singapore Sivaganga and Los Angeles Ayuda Nagaram. Inside the panels, people sit on mats around decorated puja tables with offerings, flowers and oil lamps, some in saffron and red clothing, while others stand or sit in a satsang-style gathering. A small framed portrait on one panel shows a smiling saffron-robed figure, identified only by its caption.

November 15 2011

A large display wall shows a grid of video-link panels from different centres, each showing a group during a session. Top right panel: a man with a white cloth and rudraksha mala sits before a shrine labelled Victoria Australia with murtis and a framed picture. Middle right panel: a woman in an orange robe sits on a red mat beside a man in white among a seated group, labelled Houston Kalahasthi. Other panels show seated devotees in Rio de Janeiro, Omkareshwar in New Jersey, Malaysia Palani, Tucson and Atlanta Ujjain. Bottom right panel: a deity murti heavily decorated with white and red flower garlands. Many people are seated in meditation or ritual posture across the panels.

February 19 2013

2013-02-19 +1 copies

July 10 2012

A 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.

June 22 2012

2012-06-22 +1 copies

A photograph of a large display screen split into a nine-panel grid of live video feeds, each showing a different devotee group in a separate location. Top-left, a table with an oil lamp and offering plate beside a framed garlanded picture. Centre-left, a man in a blue shirt and people sit on the floor around a red cloth with offerings. Top-right, people in white sit before a shrine with red-clad deity murtis. Centre, a group sits on a blue carpet beneath golden murtis, with a white sign reading Oklahoma Somnatham. Centre-right, a shirtless man in white dhoti with rudraksha mala sits before a painted panel labelled Victoria Australia, beside statues. Bottom-right, a large golden framed portrait of a figure with a saffron turban and maroon shawl appears; he is shown on the screen, not physically present. Bottom-centre a sign reads Bengaluru North.