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May 04 20132013-05-04May 08 20132013-05-08Photograph of two monitors displaying a multi-panel video-conference grid of remote ashram and satsang locations. Panels show small groups of devotees in rooms with shrines, floor mats and framed images. Labels include Los Angeles Arunachala, Toronto Kailasa, Guadeloupe Rameswaram, Ohio Prayag, Nithyananda Nagaram Hyderabad, Seattle Chidambaram, Singapore Singapuram, San Jose Madurai and Bidadi. A framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure with a turban hangs in one panel on the right screen. The screens show people on screens only, with no physical people in the room.2013-12-10December 10 20132013-12-10A large screen displays a video-conference grid of many live feeds from different centres, each labelled with a place name such as Toronto Kailasam, Seattle Chidambaram, Oklahoma Somnatham, San Jose Madurai, Sharjah, Ohio Prayag, Kuala Lumpur-Palani, Singapore Sivaganga and Los Angeles Ayuda Nagaram. Inside the panels, people sit on mats around decorated puja tables with offerings, flowers and oil lamps, some in saffron and red clothing, while others stand or sit in a satsang-style gathering. A small framed portrait on one panel shows a smiling saffron-robed figure, identified only by its caption.2013-05-03A 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 large display screen shows a grid of video-conference tiles from multiple satsang locations, a photo of a live broadcast. Top-left, a man in dark clothes presses his palms together beside a small table with offerings. Beside him a woman in white sits. Other tiles show seated devotees on mats in halls with deity murtis and framed pictures, including a woman in orange kneeling with a brass puja tray in the bottom-left Toronto tile. Labelled tiles read Guadeloupe Rameswaram, Los Angeles, Nithyananda Nagaram Hyderabad, Kuala Lumpur Palani, Seattle Chidambaram, Ohio Pravas, and Oklahoma Somnatham. Bottom-right, a framed portrait of a smiling man in orange and a yellow turban hangs on a gold frame.2013-09-26A photograph of a screen showing a grid of live video-conference feeds from several satsang locations. Labelled tiles include Toronto Kailasam, Guadeloupe Rameshwaram, Seattle Chidambaram, Nithyananda Nagaram Hyderabad, Ohio Prayag, Kuala Lumpur Palani and Los Angeles Arunachalam. Several people sit cross-legged on the floor in orange and white clothing, some with shaved heads. In the Toronto tile a shirtless man stands in front of a seated group, while in the Palani tile people in orange robes sit before a shrine with deity murtis and a pink cloth. A portrait-like figure on screen is not counted. The Ohio tile shows altars and framed deity images behind seated devotees.2014-03-06A photograph of a large display screen showing a video-conference grid of many small live feeds from different locations. Each tile is labelled with a city name in white text, including Phoenix Kanchipuram, Singapore Singapore, Los Angeles Arunachalam, New York Varanasi, Oklahoma Somnatham, Toronto Kailasam, Seattle Chidambaram, Charlotte-Srisailam, Atlanta Ujjaini and San Jose Madurai. Participants sit cross-legged on mats and carpets in meditation or satsang postures, several wearing white kurtas and some in dark clothing, with shrine backdrops of deity murti and red drapes visible in several tiles. On the right edge of the screen a partial tile shows a seated figure in red and orange robes.2013-04-06A 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.2013-05-05February 19 20132013-02-19 +1 copiesA grid of video-call tiles shown on a large screen, each labelled with a place name: LOS ANGELES ARUNACHALA, TORONTO KAILASAM, OHIO PRAYAG, WASHINGTON DC SRIPURAM, VANCOUVER BHUVANESHWAR, KUALA LUMPUR, EAST LONDON UK, ARANDESWARA, CHARLOTTE Hindu Temple, and HOUSTON KALAHASTI. Participants in each tile sit in ritual or satsang settings: a woman in an orange sari with a puja plate in the Ohio tile, a man in a saffron robe and a bald-headed man in white sitting on a cushion in the Washington tile, a seated group in orange and white clothing in the Toronto tile, and an altar with a deity murti in the Vancouver tile. The screen shows a bright logo at top left and a copyright line at bottom right.2013-11-06