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August 16 20142014-08-16A screen displaying a multi-panel collage of video-call style photographs of satsang and puja gatherings from several centres, each panel labelled with a place name. Top left, a panel labelled "PHOENIX KANCHIPURAM" shows a woman in red sitting before a decorated altar and a man in white seated beside her. Top right, a panel labelled "Seattle Chidambaram" shows a woman in orange seated on a red and gold cushioned mat. Middle left, two people in orange garments and rudraksha-style beaded necklaces sit on an orange sofa. Centre, a panel labelled "Calgary Amarnath" shows a woman in a red shawl on a grey sofa. Middle right, a panel labelled "SINGAPORE SINGAPURAM" shows a large group of seated devotees, many in orange and saffron garments with garlands. Bottom left, a panel labelled "WASHINGTON DC SRIPURAM" shows a woman in blue seated before a deity murti and colourful decorations. Bottom right shows a blurred group of people in a room.2014-08-16September 30 20132013-09-30September 10 20112011-09-10A 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.2013-04-06A video-conference screen shows a grid of live feeds from multiple a person centres, with location labels such as Seattle Chidambaram, Yananda Nagaram Hyderabad, Sharjah, Oklahoma Somnatham, Malaysia Palani, Phoenix Kanchipuram, Ohio Prayag, Toronto Kailasam and Los Angeles Arunachala. Participants sit on mats and cushions in meditation or satsang postures, some in white and some in saffron or orange clothing. In the Phoenix feed, a figure in orange sits at the front of the hall. Several rooms have deity murti, flower offerings and a kalasha. In the Sharjah feed, a portrait on the wall shows a figure in an orange turban beside a seated man in white. The screen is seen from the front in an office or hall setting.2013-04-13December 22 20112011-12-22August 16 20142014-08-16July 10 20122012-07-10A nine-panel video-conference grid of temple and ashram centres, each tile labelled with a place name. Top-left, a panel labelled Phoenix Kanchipuram shows a standing figure before shrines. Top-middle, a panel labelled Malaysia Palani shows a seated man in white on a purple-draped platform with a murti. Top-right, a panel labelled Ohio Prayag shows seated devotees in front of decorated deity shrines. Middle-left, a panel labelled Seattle Chidambaram shows devotees in orange and white seated before a red-curtained shrine. Middle-centre, a panel labelled Singapuram shows seated devotees on a rug. Middle-right, a panel shows a shaven-headed man in orange and white seated with devotees and a small sign. Bottom-left, a panel labelled Toronto Kailasam shows seated people before golden shrines. Bottom-middle, a panel labelled San Jose Madurai shows seated devotees before shrines. Bottom-right, a panel shows a woman in an orange head covering and blue sari before a flower-garlanded arch in green, yellow and red.2011-12-17A nine-panel video-conference collage of temple sites shown on a large screen, each panel labelled with a city name such as Phoenix Kanchipuram, Seattle Chidambaram, Los Angeles Arunachala, Ohio Prayag, Singapuram, Malaysia Pulani, Toronto Kailasa and San Jose Madurai. Participants sit on mats and rugs before decorated deity murti, garlands, kalasha and brass lamps. In the bottom-right panel a figure in saffron-orange robes and a tall orange crown sits on a gold throne with long hair visible. The image is a graphic of a screen display, showing people in several rooms rather than a single gathering.2011-12-22A 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.2013-04-09