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December 29 2011

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A screen displays a nine-panel video conference grid of satsang centres linked live. Top-left shows a group seated on the floor at SINGAPURAM beside offering trays. Top-middle shows a man in white seated before a shrine labelled MALAYSIA PALANI with a deity murti. Top-right shows a shaven-headed man in white seated on a mat at Phoenix Kanchipuram. Middle-left shows people seated before colourful deity shrines labelled SEATTLE CHIDAM BARAM. Centre shows seated participants at SAN JOSE MADURAI. Middle-right shows a group before a shrine labelled TORONTO TIRUVANNAMALAI area. Bottom-left shows a large crowd in orange and red clothing seated at LOS ANGELES. Bottom-centre shows people at OHIO PRAYAG. Bottom-right shows a man in white and red seated on a golden throne flanked by gilded deity figures, with a lion-carved throne base. Right-side text shows a copyright notice.2011-12-31A photograph of a multi-panel video wall showing a live linked event across several locations, arranged in a grid of screens. Top left, a group of seated devotees in red and white before decorated deity shrines is labelled SEATTLE CHIDAMBARAM. Top right, a seated person with a flower garland beside a shrine is labelled MALAYSIA PALANI. Middle row, groups sit on mats before altars labelled SINGAPURAM and SAN JOSE MADURAI, with a large seated gathering in white in the centre. Bottom row shows panels labelled OHIO AYAG and TORONTO KAILASA, with devotees seated before deity murtis. In the bottom right panel, a man in an orange and pink turban and orange garment with beaded necklaces sits on a golden throne-like chair and smiles. The shrines, murtis and seated devotees are visible across the screens.2011-12-27A multi-panel collage of video feeds from several centres, shown on a dark screen. Panels include a shrine room with a golden arch and a saffron-robed figure before deity murtis, a group of devotees seated on a mat labelled SINGAPURAM, a seated group in a hall with a sign reading MALAYSIA PALANI, a large congregation seated on white cloths labelled ARUNACHALA LOS ANGELES, a room labelled SAN JOSE MADURAI with seated figures on a striped mat, and a lower-right panel showing a figure in saffron and orange robes seated on a golden throne flanked by two golden deity statues, with a red and orange cushion. The collage shows satsang and puja activities across centres, with the panels themselves not counted as physical people.2011-12-25December 27 20112011-12-27A photograph of a large video-wall screen tiling many live feeds of groups in different centres, each labelled with a white placard such as SINGAPURAM, MALAYSIA PALANI, SEATTLE, PHOENIX KANCHEEPURAM, OHIO PRAYAG and TORONTO KAILASAM. Participants sit cross-legged on mats and rugs before decorated deity murti shrines with garlands, marigold and red fabric, and some hold small brass items. In the bottom-right panel a shaved-headed man in an orange kurta and orange trousers performs a breathing practice, one nostril pressed closed, while a bald man in orange sits beside him. The screen frames are the only depiction of people in the scene; the physical people shown are the viewers standing before it.2011-11-16November 18 20112011-11-18December 25 20112011-12-25A 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 nine-panel video-conference collage of temple sites shown on a large screen, each panel labelled with a city name such as Phoenix Kanchipuram, Seattle Chidambaram, Los Angeles Arunachala, Ohio Prayag, Singapuram, Malaysia Pulani, Toronto Kailasa and San Jose Madurai. Participants sit on mats and rugs before decorated deity murti, garlands, kalasha and brass lamps. In the bottom-right panel a figure in saffron-orange robes and a tall orange crown sits on a gold throne with long hair visible. The image is a graphic of a screen display, showing people in several rooms rather than a single gathering.2011-12-22December 30 20112011-12-30November 24 20112011-11-24Photo 11727021 +2 copies