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September 27 20112011-09-27September 27 20112011-09-27 +1 copiesA multi-panel video-conference collage of satsang groups from several locations, each tile showing people seated for meditation or talk in front of deity shrines and murtis. Top left, a group in white clothes sits before a red-draped altar with a placard reading SOMNATH OKL. Top right, seated devotees in saris and kurtas face a shrine with gold arches. Middle row, a placard reads MALAYSIA PJ beside a group in white; a man in white vest and rudraksha mala meditates before a Ganesha murti next to a placard reading VICTORIA AUSTRALIA; a placard reads BANGALORE NORTH above people in mixed colours. Bottom row, a placard reads PHILADELPHIA beside seated participants, and in the bottom right tile a figure in saffron and orange robes sits on an ornate gold throne, hand raised in blessing, with a caption reading NITHYANANDA SATSANG.2011-10-26June 06 20122012-06-06 +1 copiesA photograph of a large monitor showing a multi-panel video conference grid of satsang participants in different locations. Top-left panel shows a group seated on purple cushions beside a placard reading SOMNATH OKLAHOMA, with a man in white clothes at the front. Center panels show people seated before shrines with a placard reading BENGALURU NSHTH and another reading MALAYSIA PENANG beside a purple-draped altar. Top-right shows a man in a brown jacket preparing offerings on a table before a framed deity picture. Middle-right shows a man in white with a rudraksha mala seated before shrines beside a sign reading VICTORIA AUSTRALIA. Bottom-right shows a deity murti with a red crown and kalasha-style lamps in the foreground. Bottom-middle shows seated devotees in casual clothes. The visible physical people in the room scene are a few seated participants across the panels, counted as individuals across the grid.2011-11-15April 13 20132013-04-13July 28 20132013-07-28May 29 20122012-05-29A screen shows a multi-window video-conference grid of temple and ashram locations, each labelled with a printed caption: HYDERABAD, RAMESWARAM, TORONTO KAILASAM, LOS ANGELES ARUNACHALA, SAN JOSE MADURAI, OHIO PRAYAG, OKLAHOMA SOMNATHAM and CHARLOTTE SRISAILAM. In the Rameswaram window, a row of seated devotees in white, pink and green clothes sits on a mat, one man in blue palms together, with a banana-leaf offering plate before them. In the Toronto window a bald man in a dark robe stands, and seated devotees in saffron and white sit nearby. The Oklahoma window shows a deity altar with decorated murtis and a standing figure in white. Several people are visible across the windows, mostly seated in satsang or puja settings.2013-11-16 +1 copiesA photograph of a large video-wall screen showing a grid of live video-conference feeds for a satsang, with a cinema-like frame and a grey wall around it. Each tile is labelled with a city-and-temple name, including Houston Kalashasthi, Charlotte Srisailam, Los Angeles Arunachala, Ohio Prayag, San Jose Madurai, Sharjah, Oklahoma Somanatham, Toronto Kailasam, Kuala Lumpur Palani and Seattle Chidambaram. Participants sit on mats and cushions in ashram-style rooms; some wear saffron and orange robes, others white, and several have shaved or covered heads. One Toronto tile shows a man in dark robes and a head covering seated by a small offering. Altars with deity murtis, orange drapes and a large framed portrait appear in several tiles. The screen shows people only on screens, so no physical participants are in the photographed room; the feeds show seated devotees in groups.2013-11-15A photograph of a large multi-panel video wall displaying a grid of live feeds from different centres. Top-left, a panel shows a seated figure in an orange robe beside white-clad devotees at a ritual table with oil lamps. Other panels show decorated shrines with deity murtis, colourful drapes and garlands, and small groups sitting on mats in white and coloured clothing. Several panels have printed signs reading LOS ANGELES, SINGAPURAM, OHIO PRAYAG, SAN JOSE NABURAJ and RONTO. Bottom-right, a white marble-like murti sits on a throne. Several people are seen on screens, not physically present in the room.2012-04-16A large projection screen in a conference room shows a video-conference grid of seven live feeds from different ashram and devotee locations. Top left, people sit on the floor of a hall with a label reading GUADELOUPE; top right, several people in white sit beside a framed picture labelled SAINT JULIEN DE CASSIUS FRANCE. Middle row shows people seated on a green carpet beneath a label reading SOMNATH OKLAHOMA, a room labelled OHIO PRAYAG with a woman in a white sari and an elderly man in orange, and a man in white with rudraksha beads labelled VICTORIA AUSTRALIA beside deity murtis. Bottom left, people sit in front of a shrine labelled KAILASA. Bottom right, a close-up of a smiling face beside a saffron-clad figure wearing an orange turban and a large floral garland, who is shown on screen and not physically present in the room.2011-09-09