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July 24 20122012-07-24October 05 20122012-10-05A photograph of a computer monitor displaying a grid of webinar video tiles, each showing a participant at home. Tiles show people in saris, kurtas and casual clothes, some seated before small shrines or altars, others holding paper signs. Printed signs read MUMBAI, ALWAL HYDERABAD, SHARJAH, SOUTH SURREY BC CANADA, VANCOUVER, WINSTON SALEM North Carolina, MOLIERES FRANCE and VIBHUTI PURA BANGALORE. One tile shows a woman in a white top with hands folded in namaste. No figure is identifiable as the a person candidate with clear appearance cues, so the a person field is unsure. The monitor shows a VGA 1280x768 display overlay in the corner.2012-10-06A photograph of a large monitor showing a grid of about a dozen video-call tiles, each a participant's home or meeting room in a different city. Tiles show people seated on floors and sofas, some holding handmade paper signs naming locations such as Twin Lakes, Hartford USA, Austin, Houston South West, Blochmont, Bangalore, Calgary Amarnath, Paris, Abu Dhabi UAE and Chennai. Several participants wear white, orange or red clothing, one older man in a white shirt sits beside a framed portrait, and a woman in a blue top sits at a desk. A timestamp reads 3:13 am BST and 8:14 pm MDT. No event speaker is clearly visible on the monitor, so no individual is identified.2012-09-05September 07 20122012-09-07 +1 copiesApril 14 20132013-04-14July 22 20122012-07-22A photograph of a computer monitor showing a multi-party video conference grid of satsang participants from many locations. Tiles include a man in an orange t-shirt beside a sign reading "HARTFORD USA", a group seated before a framed deity picture and a red-and-gold shrine with a sign "CALGARY AMARVATI", a man in white sitting cross-legged on a grey sofa beside a sign "AUSTIN", a woman with long red hair in a tile labelled "MUSKOKA CANADA", a pair of people beside a sign "DEVON-UK", a group sitting in a room marked "SAN DIEGO", and a tile labelled "CHICAGO" with a framed portrait. A tile at the top left shows a figure in white robes and a portrait of a person in orange on a screen. The monitor's on-screen clock overlays read times for several time zones.2012-09-15August 26 20122012-08-26Photograph of a large monitor displaying a video-conference grid of many small panels, each showing devotees seated for a satsang session in different locations. Panels show people sitting on floors, mats, sofas and chairs in homes and centres, with handmade placards naming locations such as Houston North-West, Tucson AZ USA, Palm Springs California, St. Louis, Bangalore Whitefield, Granada Spain and New York. Some panels show altars with framed portraits and flowers, and a woman in a red-trimmed sari sits cross-legged on a red mat. Several rows of devotees fill a large hall in one panel.2012-09-14A photograph of a monitor showing a video-conference grid of many small participant tiles, each a remote webcam view of a different room. Visible tiles include people seated on a floor in a living room beside a sign reading WESTON FL, a crowded room of white-clad people, a person holding a sign reading CHENNAI, a woman in red holding a sign reading MEBANE NORTH CAROLINA, a sign reading EAST LONDON U.K., a tile labelled SADHNA KAILASH SURREY canada, and a tile with a sign reading LA POMONA. Participants wear mostly white, red and muted clothing, with some rudraksha-style beads visible. The grid is a remote satsang-style gathering, and the screen framing is an unremarkable video call with no identifiable central figure.2012-07-19 +1 copiesA photograph of a large screen showing a grid of video-call tiles from satsang participants in multiple locations. Tiles include a yellow-and-orange sign reading Granada Spain, a room in Houston North-West with a man in blue kurta beside a woman in red sari, a Washington D.C. Sripuram tile with a man in blue sitting before a framed photo, a Bangalore tile with two women in white saris, a Palm Springs California tile with a woman in dark top, a Guadeloupe tile with seated devotees, a Istanbul Turkey tile with a woman in white praying hands together, and a Chennai Mahalingapuram tile with a man in blue shirt beside a woman in yellow sari. The bottom-right tile shows a figure seated on a red throne with a crescent-moon backdrop, a person depiction on screen. Participants sit on floors and sofas with flowers and lamps visible.2012-09-15