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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.

Two computer monitors on a table show a video conference. The larger left screen displays a grid of many small video tiles of people in saffron, orange and white clothing, some seated with name placards and photos of a robed figure. The right screen shows a woman in white sitting in a room with an orange cloth and framed pictures, beside a placard reading 'WASHINGTON, D.C. SRIPURAM'. Brass lamps and cables sit on the table in the foreground. The people shown are on screens, not physically present.

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February 27 2013

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.

2012-05-21 +1 copies

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.

September 11 2011

Photograph of two large monitors on a red-draped table showing a video-conference grid of many locations, each tile showing groups seated in rooms with cushions and mats. Tile labels read Seattle Chidambaram, Singapuram, Dallas, New Jersey and To Ron To La Lash. On the left monitor's lower-right tile a portrait of a smiling figure in a golden-yellow ornate background wears a saffron-orange garment and a tall turban-like headpiece, with a rudraksha-style necklace. Cables lie on the red cloth in the foreground. Scattered devotees in white, orange and blue clothing sit in several tiles, and some tiles show altars with deity images and flowers.

September 08 2011

A photograph of two large monitors on an orange-draped table in a hall with white draped ceiling fabric and ceiling fans. The right monitor shows a grid of video-conference tiles of seated groups of devotees in white clothes, with labels such as HOUSTON, TORONTO, OHIO and GUADELUPE visible. On the right tile, a figure in saffron/orange robes sits on a cream ornate throne and raises one hand, a probable Swamiji by cues of long swept-back hair and saffron clothing. The left monitor shows a similar grid of remote groups, including another saffron-clad figure on a throne. Video cameras sit on tripods in the foreground. The physical people count is zero as the seated devotees appear only on screens.

A photograph of two monitors on an orange-draped table showing a multi-panel video link of satsang centres. The left screen shows Dubai with a turbaned man in orange and devotees seated on the floor, and Dallas and Atlanta panels with seated devotees and a figure on a golden throne. The right screen shows Ohio with a flag, Houston with a seated group, and a panel with a figure in orange against a golden backdrop. Dark audience silhouettes are visible behind the screens, with cables and a small black device on the table.

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.