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October 13 20132013-10-13May 04 20132013-05-04A screen shows a multi-window video-conference grid of temple and ashram locations, each labelled with a printed caption: HYDERABAD, RAMESWARAM, TORONTO KAILASAM, LOS ANGELES ARUNACHALA, SAN JOSE MADURAI, OHIO PRAYAG, OKLAHOMA SOMNATHAM and CHARLOTTE SRISAILAM. In the Rameswaram window, a row of seated devotees in white, pink and green clothes sits on a mat, one man in blue palms together, with a banana-leaf offering plate before them. In the Toronto window a bald man in a dark robe stands, and seated devotees in saffron and white sit nearby. The Oklahoma window shows a deity altar with decorated murtis and a standing figure in white. Several people are visible across the windows, mostly seated in satsang or puja settings.2013-11-16 +1 copiesOctober 08 20132013-10-08October 26 20132013-10-26A large screen shows a multi-panel video-conference collage of satsang participants from several centres, each panel labelled. Top left, Ohio Prayag shows people seated on red mats before a decorated altar with deity images and flowers. Top right, San Jose Madurai shows a woman in red and a man seated on mats with ritual items. Middle left, Guadeloupe Rameshwaram shows a man in white kneeling beside offerings. Middle centre, Seattle Chidambaram shows a man in a white dhoti seated on a red rug with a puja plate. Middle right, Toronto Kailasam shows several people in white, with saffron-clad figures and a man with folded hands. Bottom left, Houston Kalahasthi shows seated devotees with a puja tray. Bottom centre, Vancouver Bhuvaneshwar shows people in white seated around offerings. Bottom right, Kailasa centre shows a man seated on a rug beside a red-draped altar. The panels are screen images, not physical people in the room.2013-10-20 +1 copiesA large display screen shows a multi-panel collage of photographs from several KAILASA centres, with place labels in white and black text. Top left, a labelled panel reads "SAN JOSE MADURAI" and shows an empty room with a seated figure in white on a mat. Top right, a panel reads "KUALA LUMPUR PALANI ADHEENAM" and shows a shrine with an orange cloth, flowers and a deity murti, with seated devotees in white. Middle left, "TORONTO THIRUKAILAYA ADHEENAM" shows seated devotees in white on mats around a figure in orange. Centre, a room with seated people in white and a bowl on a table. Right, "Los Angeles Arunachala Peetam" shows people in orange and red robes seated on the floor. Bottom left, "NITHYANANDA NAGARAM HYDERABAD PEETAM" shows figures in orange and white robes with rudraksha malas. Bottom centre, "SINGAPORE SINGAPURAM" shows devotees before a shrine with deity murtis and a flag. Bottom right shows people seated in a room. Partly visible at the right edge is a carved stone face.2014-11-30A 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 photograph of a large video-wall screen showing a grid of live video-conference feeds for a satsang, with a cinema-like frame and a grey wall around it. Each tile is labelled with a city-and-temple name, including Houston Kalashasthi, Charlotte Srisailam, Los Angeles Arunachala, Ohio Prayag, San Jose Madurai, Sharjah, Oklahoma Somanatham, Toronto Kailasam, Kuala Lumpur Palani and Seattle Chidambaram. Participants sit on mats and cushions in ashram-style rooms; some wear saffron and orange robes, others white, and several have shaved or covered heads. One Toronto tile shows a man in dark robes and a head covering seated by a small offering. Altars with deity murtis, orange drapes and a large framed portrait appear in several tiles. The screen shows people only on screens, so no physical participants are in the photographed room; the feeds show seated devotees in groups.2013-11-15A 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.2013-05-03A large screen displays a video-conference grid of multiple remote sites, each labelled with a banner: Houston Kalahasthi, Toronto Kailasam, Ohio Prayag, Calgary Amarnath, Seattle Chidambaram, Sri Nithyanandeswara Hindu Temple, Guadeloupe and Kuala Lumpur - Palani. Participants in each panel sit on mats or chairs during puja and satsang, with a homa fire pit, kalasha offerings and a deity shrine visible in several. The screen is shown in a dark room, and the grid features roughly ten to twenty visible people across the panels, with one person in a white shirt and light-coloured clothing in the Guadeloupe panel.2013-10-15November 12 20132013-11-12