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A multi-panel collage of video-call screens displaying several KAILASA centres. Top left shows a figure in a green garment cropped at the top edge. Upper right shows two people seated on floor cushions in a red-carpeted room. A centre panel labelled "Oklahoma Somnatham" shows a shrine with colourful deity murtis and several people seated on chairs, with a man in a red robe seated on a blue mat leading the group. Right-middle panel shows a group seated on striped mats with cushions, including a woman in white with a rudraksha mala. A panel labelled "Charlotte Srisailam" shows one person doing a yoga pose on a mat. The bottom right panel shows a painted or statue figure in a red turban and red robe with raised hands amid green foliage, marked with a copyright notice.2015-02-14A photograph of a large video wall showing a grid of live two-way video conference feeds from ashram centres, each labelled with a city name in white captions. Panels include Oklahoma Somnatham, Malaysia Palani, Los Angeles Arunachala, Seattle Chidambaram, Phoenix Kanchipuram, Toronto Kailasam and Ohio Prayag. In most panels people sit cross-legged on floor mats and cushions in front of altars with deity murtis, kalasha pots, oil lamps and offering plates, several in white and saffron or orange saris. A man in a white shirt sits at the centre of the Toronto panel. The photographed screen shows several dozen small figures across panels, and the visible people are seated devotees and participants.2013-03-08May 08 20132013-05-08A multi-panel photo collage shown on a screen, displaying several small photographs of group meditation and yoga gatherings. The largest central panel shows a seated group of people in white and red clothing on a pink floor, with a banner reading "San Jose Madurai". The top right panel shows a woman in a white jacket seated beside an orange-draped altar. The right panel shows a seated man in a white shirt and a woman in blue beside a red-draped altar with deity murtis and a banner reading "Oklahoma Somn". The left edge shows partially visible panels, including a faint banner with blurred text. A copyright notice and source line appear in the lower right corner of the screen.2015-02-16A photograph of a large display screen showing a video-conference grid of many small live feeds from different locations. Each tile is labelled with a city name in white text, including Phoenix Kanchipuram, Singapore Singapore, Los Angeles Arunachalam, New York Varanasi, Oklahoma Somnatham, Toronto Kailasam, Seattle Chidambaram, Charlotte-Srisailam, Atlanta Ujjaini and San Jose Madurai. Participants sit cross-legged on mats and carpets in meditation or satsang postures, several wearing white kurtas and some in dark clothing, with shrine backdrops of deity murti and red drapes visible in several tiles. On the right edge of the screen a partial tile shows a seated figure in red and orange robes.2013-04-06July 10 20122012-07-10A photograph of a large monitor displaying a multi-panel collage of video stills from temple and ashram gatherings. Several panels show groups of people seated on floors and mats before decorated altars with deity murtis, garlands and flowers. A bottom-centre panel shows a bare-chested man with a white tilak, rudraksha-style garland and a red-patterned backdrop, and a right-hand panel shows a figure in saffron robes seated among offerings. Some panels carry printed city-name signs such as Seattle, Oklahoma Sonnetham and San Jose Madurai. The collage content is screen imagery, so no physical people are counted in the room beyond the handful of people in the scene behind the monitor.2012-09-26October 14 20122012-10-14 +1 copiesA 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 copiesJune 30 20122012-06-30 +1 copiesPhotograph of a large video wall showing a grid of live feeds from multiple temple centres. Tiles show groups seated on floors performing puja, with shrines of deity murtis decorated with red and gold drapery, oil lamps, and kalasha-style offerings. Printed labels on tiles read Phoenix Kanchipuram, Seattle Vedamandaram, Oklahoma Somnathan, Toronto Sivalayam and San Jose Madurai. In the lower right tile, a man in orange and white ritual clothing with a red-and-gold ornate backdrop and a gold necklace is seated on a throne; a caption reads 'Paramahamsa Nithyananda' area text not clearly legible. Bottom right corner carries a copyright notice.2012-10-17April 06 20132013-04-06