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A photograph of a large screen showing a grid of live video-conference feeds from multiple locations, each labelled with a city caption such as Hyderabad Gupta Kashi, Brisbane Australia, Dallas Dwaraka, Gyaneshwor Nepal, London Kashi, New Delhi, Selayang Malaysia and Baroda. In the lower right feed, a woman in a red and maroon sari sits beside a potted plant and small altar while a man in white kneels nearby. Other feeds show seated devotees on mats, on sofas and in living rooms, with some women in white saris and men in white shirts. A white-bearded man in orange robes appears in the London Kashi feed. Dark room, screen in foreground.2015-02-01A photograph of a large screen showing a grid of video-conference tiles from satsang participants in different cities. Tiles are labelled with city names such as Dallas-Dwaraka, East London, Hong Kong-Sirkazhi, Paris-Kailasa, Ohio-Prayag, Prison-Kailasa and Palo Alto-Madurai. Participants sit in meditation or yoga postures in homes and rooms, some in saffron or orange clothes and some in white. A man in white kurta stands in a tile on the lower right, and a woman in orange clothing sits in another. A small logo appears in the upper left, and a rolled mat sits at the bottom right. The screen is blurred.2013-09-28 +1 copiesPhotograph of a large screen showing a multi-panel video conference grid of satsang sessions at different centers. Panels are labelled HOUSTON KALAHASTI, DALLAS DWARAKA, NEW YORK VARANASI, VANCOUVER BHUVANESHWAR, and Monterrey Mexico. Participants sit on the floor or on sofas; in the Houston panel a woman in orange robes sits on a rug with a kalasha-style offering tray, and a man in white sits nearby. In the Varanasi panel a deity murti stands in a decorated shrine. A woman's partial profile is visible in the foreground at right, watching the screen. The panels show seated devotees in white and colourful clothing.2014-08-16A photograph of a large monitor showing a grid of video-call tiles from multiple satsang centres, each labelled with a location such as Dallas - Dwaraka, Singapore 2, Hong Kong, Kulim Malaysia and Houston Aadheenam. Participants in white and colourful clothes sit in rooms with shrines, sofas and framed pictures. Some tiles show a man in white with a shaved head and a woman in white with a green shawl. A small portrait-style tile labelled Mont Saint Jean France shows an older man. Tiles show gatherings of seated devotees during an online discourse session.2015-09-06A photograph of a large monitor displaying a multi-panel video conference grid of satsang locations. Panels show groups of devotees seated on the floor in white and orange clothes, with a shrine, deity murti and flower decorations visible in several rooms. Labels on the panels read SINGAPURAM, HYDERABAD and DALLAS DWARAKA, and SAN JOSE MADURAI appears in one panel. In the top-right panel a person wears white and orange, and in the lower-right panel a figure in a saffron-orange robe with a decorated gold headdress and garlands stands before a golden arch. No speaker's face is identifiable, and no clear appearance-based candidate for a person is evident, so the identity remains uncertain. Many small on-screen people are visible across the grid.2012-07-07September 26 20152015-09-26A large display screen shows a multi-panel video-conference collage of satsang sites. Panels labelled Singapore-Singapuram, Dallas-Dwaraka, Ohio Prayag, Toronto Kailasam, Los Angeles Arunachala and Sparta NJ show small groups of devotees in white and pink clothing seated on mats or chairs, some with puja trays and a framed portrait. The central-right panel shows a man in a saffron-orange robe and a flowing braid seated in an orange chair before a garlanded deity murti in gold and red, appearing as a screen image. The panels are on a screen, so they are depictions rather than physical people here.2013-07-03February 14 20152015-02-14May 31 20122012-05-31February 14 20152015-02-14May 29 20122012-05-29A large screen displays a split grid of live video feeds from several locations, each labelled with a white banner: HOUSTON KALAHASTI, VANCOUVER BHUVANESHWAR, Monterrey Mexico, DALLAS DWARAKA, NEW YORK VARANASI and MULUND-MUMBAI. Inside the feeds, small groups of devotees sit on floor mats or sit on sofas in living rooms and prayer rooms. In the Houston feed, a woman in orange sits beside a low table with a brass plate of offerings. In the New York feed, a small shrine holds a deity murti with a garland. In the Dallas feed, men in white sit on a mat beneath a hanging decorated panel.2014-08-16