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A photograph of a large video-conference screen split into a nine-panel grid, each tile a remote participant location. Panels show people seated in home rooms with sign labels including BANGALORE WHITEFIELD, WASHINGTON, D.C SRIPURAM, St. Louis Tirumala, BANGALORE MALLESHWARAM, BROCKLEY LONDON, CHARLOTTE SRIRAMAM and GUADELOUPE. A woman in orange and white sits on a red bed beneath a framed portrait; a group in a St. Louis room sits on floor cushions with a red-draped table; a man in a white shirt and a woman in a white-and-red patterned top sit beside a framed portrait and orange flowers; a row of seated people wears white and orange. In the bottom-right tile, a figure in orange robes with long beaded necklaces sits before an ornate gold-framed chair. The screen shows a pedia.org, which is omitted from text2012-08-25August 25 20122012-08-25August 26 20122012-08-26 +1 copiesAugust 25 20122012-08-25A photograph of a large video-conference screen showing a grid of nine live feeds of groups seated in home living rooms and meditation spaces. Name-card labels read St. Louis Tirumala, Scottsdale Arizona, Paris Kalighat, Washington D.C. Sripuram, New Jersey, New York Varanasi, Charlotte, and Vancouver. Participants sit cross-legged on mats or sit on sofas, many in white or light clothing with rudraksha malas, some with framed portraits and flowers on small altars. The bottom-right panel shows a figure with swept-back hair, saffron and orange garments and a rudraksha mala seated before a golden arched backdrop; the figure is shown on screen and their identity is uncertain from appearance alone.2012-08-27August 22 20122012-08-22 +2 copiesPhotograph of a large monitor displaying a video-conference grid of many small panels, each showing devotees seated for a satsang session in different locations. Panels show people sitting on floors, mats, sofas and chairs in homes and centres, with handmade placards naming locations such as Houston North-West, Tucson AZ USA, Palm Springs California, St. Louis, Bangalore Whitefield, Granada Spain and New York. Some panels show altars with framed portraits and flowers, and a woman in a red-trimmed sari sits cross-legged on a red mat. Several rows of devotees fill a large hall in one panel.2012-09-14A screen displaying a video conference grid of nine panels, each showing a satsang group in a different location with name placards such as Houston, Nithyananda Nagari Bidadi, Arunachala Tiruvannamalai, Charlotte Srisailam, New York Varanasi, Redondo Beach California USA, Atlanta Ujjain and St. Louis Tirumala. Participants sit on mats and cushions in white, orange and red clothing, some with shaved heads and rudraksha malas. Several groups have altars with flowers, lamps and offerings. The bottom-right panel shows a figure seated on a gold throne in saffron robes with a rudraksha mala and a raised hand, which is a depiction on the screen.2012-06-03 +1 copiesMay 13 20122012-05-13 +2 copiesA 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 photograph of a large video-conference screen split into a grid of live feeds from multiple centres. Tiles labelled Houston Kalamasthi, Charlotte Srisailam, Los Angeles Arunachala, Sharjah, Kuala Lumpur Palani, Toronto Kailasam, San Jose Madurai and Chidambaram show people seated on mats and sofas in ashram-style rooms, several in orange or saffron robes and white clothing. One tile shows a figure in orange robes with a kumkum mark seated before a deity altar. A figure in a dark robe stands in the Toronto tile. The feeds show satsang and Nayana Deeksha sessions, with a shrine and framed portraits visible in several rooms. Physical people are counted from the feeds only, as the screen itself displays them.2013-11-15September 16 20122012-09-16