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February 07 20152015-02-07February 10 20152015-02-10A 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.2013-04-09November 29 20112011-11-29A large screen displays a grid of video-conference tiles showing satsang participants at multiple ashram and temple locations. Top left tile labelled "SEATTLE CHIDAMBARAM" shows a bald man in white with hands folded beside a red floral arrangement and a brass bowl. Other tiles show devotees seated on mats in saffron, purple and white clothing at centres labelled "NEW YORK VARANASI", "CHARLOTTE-SRISAILAM", "OMAN SIVAGANGAI", "KUALA LUMPUR - PALANI", "Oklahoma Somnatham", "OHIO PRAYAG", "NITHYANANDA NAGARAM - HYDERABAD", "Wellington, New Zealand", "Toronto Kailaasam", "Los Angeles Arunachala" and "DUBAI THIRUKOVILUR". Some tiles show altars with deity murti, flowers and kalasha. A bearded man in a white shawl appears in a tile labelled Dubai Thirukovilur, beside a portrait of a turbaned figure.2013-05-05A photograph of a large video wall displaying a grid of live video feeds from different centres, showing devotees gathered in temples and halls for a satsang. Panels show people sitting on mats and cushions in white, red and yellow clothing, a woman in a red and orange sari at a lectern, a shaved-headed man in yellow robes seated before a red cushion in a Seattle hall, and a shrine with red drapes and deity murti. Small signs read Seattle, Kulim Malaysia, Oklahoma and San Jose Madurai. The bottom right panel shows a large ornate image of Shiva with a tilak, adorned with rudraksha and gold-coloured decoration.2013-02-22 +1 copiesA large wall screen shows a video-conference grid of about fifteen tiles, each a remote satsang location labelled with city names such as Kuala Lumpur Palani Adheenam, Los Angeles Arunachala Peetam, St. Louis Tirumala Adheenam, Toronto Thirumalai Adheenam, San Jose Madurai, Melbourne Tiruvarur, Oman Sivagangai and Redmond USA. Tiles show people seated on rugs, on a peetha and in ashram rooms, some in saffron and maroon robes, one in a white shirt wearing a headset, and a central figure in a red-and-white outfit seated before a green backdrop. Shrines with deity murtis appear in several tiles. Attendees are seen only through the screen.2015-02-24April 13 20132013-04-13July 18 20122012-07-18A photograph of a large multi-panel video wall displaying a grid of nine live-feed screens, each showing a separate group of devotees gathered for a ritual at a different centre. Panels show people seated on mats and carpets before decorated shrines with deity murtis, floral garlands and lamps, and one panel shows a seated figure in orange clothing. Handwritten or printed signs on the screens read SINGAPURAM, MALAYSIA PALANI, SEATTLE, PHOENIX KANCHEEPURAM and OHIO PRAYAG, marking the locations.2011-11-16A projected multi-panel collage of live video feeds from several satsang centres, shown on a screen in a dim room. The top-left panel shows a man in saffron and yellow robes with a yellow head covering, seated on an ornate red-and-gold throne, with a deity image visible at lower left; its figure appears on a screen and is an uncertain candidate for the a person depiction. Other panels show groups seated on mats and floors in Singapore, Guadeloupe, Ohio/Prayag, Malaysia (Palani) with a decorated deity altar, and Seattle (Chidambaram) with devotees in white and orange seated in front of altars and a small brass lamp. A few panels show decorated deity shrines with garlands, flowers, and oil lamps. The collage is a graphic of live feeds, so no physical people are counted in the photo beyond the screen content.2011-09-01September 09 20112011-09-09