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A large video wall displays a grid of live video-conference feeds from many centres, each labelled with its location such as Sri Ranga Centre Canada, Atlanta Aadheenam, Philadelphia, Toronto Aadheenam, Ohio Aadheenam, Chicago-Naperville, Singapore Aadheenam, Povazska Bystrica Slovakia and Vienna Austria. In the top row a man in a red and gold turban and ornate golden attire sits on a decorated throne with a microphone before him. Devotees in saffron, white and red clothing sit on floors and chairs in their respective rooms, many seated with hands together. Other feeds show rooms with deity altars and framed images.

2016-10-30 +3 copies

A photograph of a computer monitor showing a video conference gallery with a grid of many small live video tiles from different ashram centres. Tiles show people seated and standing in rooms, some in saffron, white and green clothes, one tile with a red-and-gold deity image, and a tile labelled Nithyananda Paduka Centre Vancouver. A tile captioned Mahant Sri Nithya Sripriyan shows a man in white robes standing in a room. Another tile shows a man with a shaved head in a plain dark top labelled Asturias, Spain. Tiles are labelled with centre names such as Ohio Aadheenam, Seattle Aadheenam, Hyderabad Aadheenam, Toronto Aadheenam and Houston Aadheenam. Speaker View appears in the top right corner of the screen.

A monitor displays a video conference grid of about twenty small tiles, each showing a different remote group in a room, labelled with place names such as Dallas Padukka Mandir, Atlanta Georgia, Oklahoma Aadheenam, Philadelphia Satsang, New York Aadheenam, Singapore Aadheenam and Kuala Lumpur Aadheenam. Many tiles show people seated or standing near altars, deity murtis, flowers and ritual items; a few show a figure in red and white near a central altar. A dark bezel and a second monitor frame the scene, and a Zoom-style toolbar with Participants 63 is visible at the bottom. Overlay text reads Lone Meeting, and the on-screen images are depictions rather than physical people in the room.

September 13 2012

A photograph of a large display screen showing a video-conference grid of multiple remote locations. Panels show groups of people seated on carpets in front of deity altars and shrines, a woman in a pink shawl standing in a room, and a standing orange-robed figure with a mala beside a golden throne-like seat in the lower right. Printed labels on the screens read Philadelphia, Atlanta, Victoria Australia and Guardal, and the left edge shows another screen with a sign reading Mala. The people visible on the screens are not physical people in this room; the physical scene is just the monitor frame. Colours include orange, pink, purple and gold.

February 21 2016

2016-02-21 +1 copies

August 21 2016

A large flat-screen monitor shows a grid of video-conference feeds from multiple a person Aadheenam centres, labelled Los Angeles, Toronto, Seattle, Vancouver Bhuvaneshwar, Kuala Lumpur, Houston, NY Aadheenam, San Jose, Singapore, London and Oklahoma. Each tile shows devotees seated on the floor or on chairs in ashram rooms with shrines, flower garlands, brass lamps, fruit offerings and colourful cloth, many wearing white, saffron, red and green traditional attire. The monitor is a Philips display with a red wooden frame, shown in a room that appears to be the ashram hall during a global satsang.

A photograph of a large display screen showing a video-conference grid of many small panels, each showing a different room of participants joining remotely. Panels show people seated on floors and sofas in home settings, some holding white signs with city names such as Atlanta Ujjain, Charlotte Sripuram, Calgary Mahavatar, Dallas Dhyanapeetham, Toronto Kailasa, New Jersey Omkareshwar and Washington D.C. Sripuram. One panel shows a woman before an ornate golden shrine with brass lamps. The physical audience is only the photographed screen's viewers at the edge of frame, and the remote participants appear on the screen rather than physically present.

A photograph of a large wall screen showing a grid of video-conference tiles from multiple centres, each showing groups seated before deity altars and decorated shrines with flowers, drapes and lamps. Labels on tiles read Seattle and Oklahoma, and a tile labelled Toronto Kailasam is visible. In the bottom-right tile, a man with a shaved head, tilak and gold necklaces sits in a red arched throne with a sunburst-style backdrop, wearing orange clothing. The room is a dim viewing area, with the screen as the main subject, and the people in the tiles appear on screen rather than in the room.

A screen displays a video-conference grid of about twenty-four tiled feeds from different centres, showing devotees gathered for a ritual. Tiles include Dallas Paduka Mandir, Atlanta, Edgewater NY, San Jose Aadheenam, Oklahoma Aadheenam, Kalaadevi, Netherlands, Philadelphia Satsang, Kuala Lumpur, Mettur, Singapore, Pittsburgh and New York Aadheenam. People sit on mats and chairs in white and saffron clothing around altars, flowers, lamps and offering plates. One tile shows a sannyasi in an orange turban and robe seated on a platform. Labels on the tiles name each location.