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May 31 2012

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June 01 20122012-06-01May 29 20122012-05-29A photograph of a large video-conference screen showing a multi-panel grid of live feeds from different locations. Tiles show groups of devotees seated in meditation or satsang, many with hands in anjali mudra, on mats, rugs and beds in homes and centres. Signs read Dallas, Houston, New Jersey, Ohio, Prayag, Atlanta, Washington D.C., New York Varanasi and Ujjain. Some tiles show a priest in white dhoti and shawl performing puja before a deity murti and a kalasha, a seated figure on a blue-draped altar, and colourful deity murtis with flower garlands. Physical people in the room photographed are not visible beyond the screen.2011-09-10A monitor displays a multi-panel video conference grid of satsang and puja gatherings across several centres. Top-left panel shows a woman in white seated with hands in prayer beside a sign reading CHARLOTTE. Top-middle panel shows a man in white and a seated person before a deity murti, labelled DALLAS DWARAKA. Middle-left panel shows a group seated on a sofa and chairs, labelled PEMBROKE PINES or similar. Centre panel shows a large seated congregation in a hall with a decorated altar. Middle-right panel shows a woman in red with a deity altar, labelled MILL VALLEY. Lower-left panel shows a woman in meditation pose and a man in white, labelled ATLANTA UJJAIN. Lower-centre panel shows a woman with a sign labelled BESANCON and a figure in red and orange. Lower-right panel shows a man in saffron and red with a crown-like headpiece and rudraksha mala seated on a gold throne, a probable Swamiji candidate, with a small figure in white at his feet. A right-side monitor shows more small panels of altars and deity images.2012-05-21 +1 copiesNovember 11 20112011-11-11May 27 20122012-05-27June 06 20122012-06-06 +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.2013-11-15September 20 20142014-09-20A screen displays a nine-panel video call grid of devotees meeting in different homes. Panels are labelled ATLANTA UJJAIN, PORT WASHINGTON NEW YORK, HOUSTON KALAHASTHI, DALLAS SRIRANGAM, VICTORIA AUSTRALIA and PURI, with people seated on mats in white and orange clothing, many in prayer posture around flower offerings, plates and framed deity pictures. In the bottom right panel a bald man in orange robes and rudraksha mala sits in meditation on an orange mat, shown as a depicted image beside a statue-like figure.2011-11-20A multi-panel video-conference collage of a live satsang, with nine screens showing groups joined from different centres. Top-left: people seated on a white carpet before a labelled sign reading NEW YORK VARANASI. Top-right: devotees seated before a gilded shrine with deity murtis. Middle row: Atlanta UJJAIN and Victoria Australia groups, with a man in white ritual clothes and white head covering seated before statues and a Victoria Australia sign, and Houston KALAHASTHI with seated devotees in white. Bottom row: a group on a sofa, and a Malaysia Bunai panel with a man in white clothes beside a decorated altar. Bottom-right: a person in orange-saffron clothing with long hair seated writing, as shown on a screen. Screen-visible people are not counted as physical people.2011-10-23November 13 20112011-11-13