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February 24 2015

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A large wall screen shows a video-conference grid of about fifteen tiles, each a remote satsang location labelled with city names such as Kuala Lumpur Palani Adheenam, Los Angeles Arunachala Peetam, St. Louis Tirumala Adheenam, Toronto Thirumalai Adheenam, San Jose Madurai, Melbourne Tiruvarur, Oman Sivagangai and Redmond USA. Tiles show people seated on rugs, on a peetha and in ashram rooms, some in saffron and maroon robes, one in a white shirt wearing a headset, and a central figure in a red-and-white outfit seated before a green backdrop. Shrines with deity murtis appear in several tiles. Attendees are seen only through the screen.2015-02-24February 26 20152015-02-26February 10 20152015-02-10November 10 20152015-11-10A large display screen shows a grid of live video feeds from multiple ashram centres, each labelled with a city name such as Toronto Aadheenam, Slovakia Koshitze, Philadelphia, St. Louis Adheenam, Chicago, Dubai Adheenam, Kajang Malaysia, Calgary Amarnath, Selayang Malaysia, Kulim Malaysia, Mill Valley Vairavan Koil and Dallas Dwaraka. Participants in white clothes and some in saffron and orange sit in meditation or satsang on the floors of their rooms. A central feed shows a figure in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala seated before a shrine. Another feed on the right shows a smiling woman in red and orange with beaded necklaces, labelled Self View. Copyright text is in the lower right corner.2016-01-16A 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 displaying a grid of live video feeds from different centres, showing devotees gathered in temples and halls for a satsang. Panels show people sitting on mats and cushions in white, red and yellow clothing, a woman in a red and orange sari at a lectern, a shaved-headed man in yellow robes seated before a red cushion in a Seattle hall, and a shrine with red drapes and deity murti. Small signs read Seattle, Kulim Malaysia, Oklahoma and San Jose Madurai. The bottom right panel shows a large ornate image of Shiva with a tilak, adorned with rudraksha and gold-coloured decoration.2013-02-22 +1 copiesA flat-screen monitor displays a multi-window video call of several ashram locations, photographed at an angle in a dark room. Top left panel shows a hall labelled "LOS ANGELES ARUNACHALA" with people seated on mats before decorated deity shrines. Middle left panel shows a temple labelled "TORONTO KAILASAM" with a woman in white and a few seated devotees near an altar of deity murtis. Middle centre panel shows a seated figure in white in a red-draped room beside a framed photograph, and a row of seated devotees appears at right. Bottom left panel shows a room labelled "KAJANG MALAYSIA" with people seated on a sofa and floor in orange and white. Bottom right panel shows a figure in an ornate gilded chair wearing saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala, with long dark hair.2012-06-20 +1 copiesA screen-capture grid of a video satsang with multiple live-feed panels from different ashram locations. Top left, Kuala Lumpur Aadheenam shows a deity murti on a purple-draped altar with a purple cloth backdrop and several people seated on the floor. Top right, Los Angeles Aadheenam shows two people in orange robes seated on the floor beside chairs, with a woman in white. Middle left shows a living room with a sofa and a pink table, empty of people. Center shows a woman with tilak and a bead mala labelled PHOENIX Kanchipuram, beside a person in orange. Middle right, Toronto-Kailash shows people in orange robes seated on mats. Bottom left shows a bald man in white seated on a floor labelled Guadeloupe Aadheenam. Bottom center shows a person in orange with a rudraksha mala labelled Muktha-Seattle, with a Seattle, WA caption above. Bottom right shows a smiling woman in a black hat and red-orange robes labelled Self View. Several panels are live video feeds of participants.2016-01-27April 14 20122012-04-14October 09 20132013-10-09A photograph of a screen showing a grid of live video-conference feeds from several satsang locations. Labelled tiles include Toronto Kailasam, Guadeloupe Rameshwaram, Seattle Chidambaram, Nithyananda Nagaram Hyderabad, Ohio Prayag, Kuala Lumpur Palani and Los Angeles Arunachalam. Several people sit cross-legged on the floor in orange and white clothing, some with shaved heads. In the Toronto tile a shirtless man stands in front of a seated group, while in the Palani tile people in orange robes sit before a shrine with deity murtis and a pink cloth. A portrait-like figure on screen is not counted. The Ohio tile shows altars and framed deity images behind seated devotees.2014-03-06