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A photograph of a large video wall showing a grid of live-link windows from different ashram locations, each framed by a screen. Panels labelled SEATTLE CHIDAMBARAM, SINGAPURAM, LOS ANGELES ARUNACHALA and SAN JOSE MADURAI show groups of devotees seated in front of decorated altars with deity murtis, kalasha pots, flower garlands, oil lamps and fruit offerings. Several women wear saffron, orange and red saris, and some men wear white dhotis. In one panel a standing figure in white and saffron stands before a shrine, and in the lower right a person in an orange robe photographs a richly decorated temple shrine with a gold-framed deity. The video-wall windows show screens of people, not physical people in this room.

A multi-panel video-call collage, shown on a screen, of several ashram centres joined for a group puja. Each tile is labelled with a city-name sign such as Los Angeles Aranakal, Malaysia Kalani, Seattle Chidambaram, Oklahoma Somnatham, Toronto Kalasam, Phoenix Kanchipuram, San Jose Madurai and Houston Kalahasti. Participants sit cross-legged on mats in white, saffron and orange clothing, some with hands in anjali mudra, while altars with deity murti, flower garlands, kalasha and oil lamps appear behind them. One tile shows a seated pair in front of a golden deity murti on a throne draped with garlands, and a small portrait is visible in the corner. The screen-displayed people are not counted as physical people in this scene.

A photograph of a large screen displaying a nine-panel grid of two-way video-conference feeds from satsang and Nayana Deeksha sessions. Labelled panels include Bangalore, Toronto Kailasam, Ohio Prayag, Hyderabad Guptakashi, Kuala Lumpur Palani, Los Angeles Arunachala, Guadeloupe Rameshwaram and Nithyananda Nagara Bangalore. Some feeds show people seated in meditation on mats and carpets in red, white and saffron clothing, with a woman in a red top meditating in Hyderabad. The Nithyananda Nagara Bangalore panel shows a large hall of people in saffron and orange robes, and the Toronto panel shows a seated figure in orange robes before flower garlands. Along the lower right, a live room of seated people in white and pale clothing faces the screen.

2014-01-06 +1 copies

September 01 2011

A photograph of a large display screen showing a grid of live video feeds from multiple KAILASA centres, each labelled with a place name such as Ohio Prayag, San Jose Madurai, Malaysia Palani, Seattle Chidambaram, Phoenix Kanchipuram, Sharjah, Toronto Kailasam, Nithyananda Nagaram Hyderabad, Los Angeles Arunachala and Oklahoma Somnatham. Participants sit on mats and cushions in ashram-style rooms with deity murtis, garlands, kalasha-like offerings and flower arrangements. Screen-displayed participants are shown on the screen, not as physical people in the room.

2013-04-12 +1 copies

A photograph of a monitor displaying a grid of nine video-conference feeds from different centres, each with a white label. Top left, Guadeloupe Rameswaram: several people in white clothes sit on a pink mat beside offering plates of fruit. Top centre, Ohio Prayag: a woman in a white sari sits on a red mat with a kalasha-style setup. Top right, San Jose Madurai: a man in white sits on a mat near a small deity shrine. Middle left, Seattle Chidambaram: a woman in a yellow sari sits with a plate. Centre, Toronto Kailasam: a shirtless man with a long braid and orange cloth stands beside seated devotees and a puja tray. Middle right, Sri Nithyanandeswara Hindu Temple Charlotte: a man in white sits before a puja tray. Bottom left, Kuala Lumpur Palani: a deity image with seated devotees. Bottom right, a tray of lit oil lamps with flowers and offering bowls.

April 14 2012

A 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.

A 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.

A photograph of a large screen showing a grid of video-call panels from different centres, each labelled with a city or place such as Toronto Kailasa, Los Angeles Nyanda, Austin, Houston, San Jose Madurai, Dubai, Madurai Adheenam and Malaysia Palani. Several panels show small groups of people seated on the floor in front of deity murti and decorated altars during pada-pooja. In the Austin panel a man in white clothing with a rudraksha mala sits on a patterned sofa. The bottom-right panel shows a man in an orange robe and rudraksha mala seated on a red and gold throne, with the centre-right panel showing a bare-chested figure seated before an altar.