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A photograph of a large video display showing a six-panel video conference grid of a yoga session. Several participants sit on mats and cushions in temple-like rooms decorated with deity murti, colourful garlands and red drapes. A label on the floor reads PHOENIX, another SEATTLE USA, and another JOSE. In the bottom-right panel, a man in white ritual clothes with a shaved head sits before an ornate golden throne with a lotus canopy and a framed image of a saffron-robed figure, beside an oil lamp and flowers. The left panel shows a woman in an orange sari. The people visible are on screens rather than physically present in the room.

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A photograph of a large wall-mounted display showing a six-panel video conference grid of participants joining a yoga session. Top-left panel shows a man seated on a striped blue mat with a sign reading JOSE. Top-middle shows a man in dark clothing and a woman in white seated on cushions beside a sign reading PHOENIX. Top-right shows several women in white, orange and blue clothing seated on cushions beside a sign reading SEATTLE USA, with deity murtis and colourful decorations behind them. Bottom-left shows a woman in an orange sari and other people seated in a temple-style room with deity statues. Bottom-middle shows people seated on blue mats around a decorated space with murtis. Bottom-right shows a man in white seated beside a lit oil lamp on a golden throne with a framed portrait of a saffron-clad figure on a lotus-themed backdrop, with a microphone in front. Text on the right reads 2020 Nithyananda Paramashivam2011-08-01A large flat-screen monitor in a dark room shows a six-panel video-conference grid of yoga and meditation sessions at different ashram centres. Panels show people seated on mats and cushions before decorated deity murtis, shrines with oil lamps, flower garlands and offering plates. In the top-middle panel a man in a white shirt sits near a shrine, and in the top-right panel several women in blue, white and orange clothing sit with plates of offerings. The bottom-right panel shows an empty ornate golden throne with red cushions and a framed portrait of a seated figure in orange, surrounded by flower garlands, a brass lamp and a lotus-shaped canopy. Labels read PHOENIX, SEATTLE USA and SAN JOSE. Pictured people are on screens, not in the room with the camera.2011-08-01August 11 20112011-08-11 +1 copiesA photograph of a large display screen showing a multi-panel video conference of satsang participants in several locations. Panels show people sitting on mats and cushions in front of deity murtis, altars and red draperies, with handwritten placards reading TO RON TO KAILASH, SEATTLE USA, SAN JOSE, LA ARUNACHALA and BANGALORE NORTH. In the bottom right panel a man in saffron robes, a long rudraksha mala and an orange head covering sits on a gold and red throne beside a small brass lamp, matching the page's a person appearance cues. Screen visible on screen only, so counted people are those physically present in the room.2011-08-29 +1 copiesAugust 28 20112011-08-28 +1 copiesNovember 04 20112011-11-04October 17 20122012-10-17December 30 20112011-12-30A photograph of a wall-mounted screen showing a six-panel video conference grid of devotee groups in separate temple and ashram rooms. Several panels show people in white clothes seated on mats before deity shrines, with flower garlands and oil lamps; one panel shows a man in a green-bordered dhoti and a woman in green kneeling before a brass pot and offerings. Bottom right, a man with shaved head and red-orange robe, rudraksha mala and gold armband sits on an ornate gold throne with purple cushions, hands folded, a person on screen. Name labels on sheets read PHOENIX and Los Angeles, CA, USA.2011-02-28 +1 copiesA multi-panel video-conference grid shows several simultaneous ashram sessions on a large screen. Top left, a group of people in white sit on a striped mat before a shrine, with a sign reading "SAN JOSE". Top centre, two women in white kneel on a striped rug before a decorated altar with deity murtis and a red throne. Top right, a woman sits on a striped mat beside a sign reading "PHOENIX" in front of a colourful deity altar. Bottom left, several people sit on mats in a hall with deity images and a small table of offerings. Bottom centre, a man in white stands near a mat with cushions, and a robed devotee sits before a large mandala-like shrine. Bottom right, a framed portrait labelled with a name shows a saffron-robed figure seated in meditation, garlanded with flowers, beside an oil lamp, while a robed man with a microphone sits before it in front of a carved stone temple backdrop.2011-08-13May 27 20122012-05-27May 29 20122012-05-29