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November 08 20142014-11-08 +1 copiesA photograph of a large screen displaying a nine-panel grid of two-way video-conference feeds from satsang and Nayana Deeksha sessions. Labelled panels include Bangalore, Toronto Kailasam, Ohio Prayag, Hyderabad Guptakashi, Kuala Lumpur Palani, Los Angeles Arunachala, Guadeloupe Rameshwaram and Nithyananda Nagara Bangalore. Some feeds show people seated in meditation on mats and carpets in red, white and saffron clothing, with a woman in a red top meditating in Hyderabad. The Nithyananda Nagara Bangalore panel shows a large hall of people in saffron and orange robes, and the Toronto panel shows a seated figure in orange robes before flower garlands. Along the lower right, a live room of seated people in white and pale clothing faces the screen.2014-01-06 +1 copiesA photograph of a large video wall showing a grid of live two-way video conference feeds from ashram centres, each labelled with a city name in white captions. Panels include Oklahoma Somnatham, Malaysia Palani, Los Angeles Arunachala, Seattle Chidambaram, Phoenix Kanchipuram, Toronto Kailasam and Ohio Prayag. In most panels people sit cross-legged on floor mats and cushions in front of altars with deity murtis, kalasha pots, oil lamps and offering plates, several in white and saffron or orange saris. A man in a white shirt sits at the centre of the Toronto panel. The photographed screen shows several dozen small figures across panels, and the visible people are seated devotees and participants.2013-03-08A 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.2013-11-15July 10 20132013-07-10A screen-grid photograph of a video-conference satsang split into many tiles, each showing a different group of people seated on mats, cushions or chairs in rooms with red, orange and white furnishings. Tile labels read San Jose Madurai, Toronto Kailasam, Phoenix Kanchipuram, Ohio Prayag, Oklahoma Somnatham, Ohio Center, Adyar Chennai, Seattle Chidambaram, Sharjah, Los Angeles Arunachala, Alwarpet Chennai and Nithyanandanagara Hyderabad. Several tiles show a seated man in white ritual clothing with a shaved head, and a few show people in saffron or orange garments, but no identification is made from appearance. A portrait of a figure in orange and a framed image appear in some rooms, and a brass plate with flowers sits in one tile. Overlaid screen text includes Sanskrit mantra lines and a copyright notice.2013-03-05February 19 20132013-02-19 +1 copiesA screen displays a multi-panel video conference grid of satsang sessions from several centres, each panel labelled with a location caption. Top left, St. Louis-Tirumala shows people seated before a shrine with pink-and-red clad deity murtis. Top centre, London-Kashi shows a woman in orange seated on a sofa beside a framed portrait. Top right, Nithyananda University Los Angeles (LA-Arunachala) shows a large group seated on the floor with laptops. Middle left, Ohio-Prayag shows seated devotees on a striped rug. Centre, Temple City shows a woman in orange with a shrine behind her. Middle right, a woman in a patterned shawl is shown in a Monali-Baroda room. Bottom left, San Jose-Madurai shows people on mats. Bottom centre, a man in blue and a man in white sit on a cushion. Bottom right, Singapore Singapuram shows people in orange and white sitting on a rug.2014-09-27September 27 20142014-09-27A photograph of a computer monitor displaying a multi-panel video conference grid of satsang groups seated on the floor in several cities. Participants wear white, red, pink and orange clothing and sit on mats and cushions in rooms with posters and banners. Panels are labelled with city names such as OHIO, TORONTO and SINGAPORE. In the lower right panel a figure in orange robes sits on a golden peetha in front of a large ornate halo, with the words Life Bliss visible beside it. The image shows only the screen display, so the visible people are the small figures inside the video panels.2011-01-21July 01 20132013-07-01