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May 12 2015

Two wall-mounted monitors in a dark room display a video conference grid of many small live feeds from different locations. Each tile shows a group of people seated indoors in homes or centres, labelled with place names such as Los Angeles Aadheenam, St. Louis-Manchester, Morris Plains-NJ, Wellington-New Zealand, Ponca City-Oklahoma, Juarez Mexico, Atlanta, Georgia and Toronto-Canada. Some tiles show people in white and orange clothing seated before a floor cloth or meditation setting. Depicted people are on screens, not physically present, and no in-person candidate is visible.

A photograph of two wall-mounted screens in a hall. The left screen is a grid of video-conference tiles of seated groups at Aadheenam centres, labelled HOUSTON AADHEENAM, SANTA CRUZ AADHEENAM, VANCOUVER AADHEENAM, SAN JOSE AADHEENAM, OKLAHOMA AADHEENAM, LONDON AADHEENAM and OHIO AADHEENAM, with people in white and colourful clothes sitting in rooms. The right screen shows a speaker in saffron-red robes and a red shawl, with long dark hair, a red crown-like headpiece and a rudraksha mala, seated before an ornate gold throne-backdrop with a microphone in front. The speaker is a depiction on screen and is not counted as physically present.

A photograph of a large video wall displaying a grid of live feeds from multiple Aadheenam centres during a Guru Purnima broadcast. Tiles show Oman Aadheenam, Erode Aadheenam, Oklahoma Aadheenam with a figure in a purple robe before a red shrine with deity murtis, Nithyanandeshwar Aadheenam, Hyderabad Aadheenam, London Paduka, and Dhyanapeeta, with participants in white and orange clothing seated or standing in rooms. The screen is the main subject, with small blurred figures in the feeds rather than people in the physical room.

September 22 2012

Dark room with several large video monitors displaying a live multi-site video conference. The largest screen shows a grid of small video feeds of groups of devotees seated in rooms, with labels such as SEATTLE SATSANG, SINGAPURAM and NEW JERSEY, and a bearded man in saffron robes with rudraksha and a gold necklace seated bottom right in one feed. Two side monitors show a text slide and more grid feeds. Orange and striped drapery hangs from the ceiling and cables sit on a red cloth on the floor.

Photograph of two video monitors displaying a grid of live video feeds from multiple locations. On the left monitor, a figure in a red-and-white outfit stands in a room near a shrine, and a grid of small panels shows a group of seated devotees in white and colourful clothes, a woman in red standing beside an orange-clad figure, and a woman in red seated on a golden throne-like chair. On the right monitor, many panels show shrines with deity murti, kalasha and flower decorations, and groups of devotees, with name labels such as Singapuram and Oklahoma Somaithan visible. A small white box with cables and a black power adapter sits on the desk in front, with a wooden frame at the right edge.

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January 19 2013

A photograph of a control room with several wall-mounted video monitors displaying a live multi-site satsang grid. The screens show many small tiles of groups seated in homes, halls and studios, with handwritten or printed place signs such as EDGEWATER NEW JERSEY, GUADELOUPE, ATLANTA UJJAIN and SINGAPURAM. Foreground cameras and cables sit on a dark desk, and a pale projection screen stands at left.

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January 16 2016

Photo of two monitors in a dark room showing a live video session. The left screen shows a man in a red turban and rust-coloured robe with a rudraksha mala and gold bangles, seated on a red cushioned throne against a gold backdrop, smiling. The right screen is a grid of video tiles of participants from several centres, labelled Redmond WA, Toronto Canada Aadheenam, Seattle Aadheenam, Ohio Aadheenam, Oklahoma Aadheenam, St. Louis Aadheenam, Kuala Lumpur Aadheenam, Phoenix Kanchipuram, Los Angeles Aadheenam, Montclair California and San Jose Aadheenam, with some tiles showing people in saffron and white meditating or seated in shrine rooms. Several people are visible on the screens, but none are physically present in the room.