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A photograph of a monitor showing a video call of a temple ritual. Several men in white clothing sit before a golden altar with a brass lamp and offerings. A central seated man in white robes wears a long rudraksha-style mala and sits cross-legged. Behind them are green and blue deity statues, red drapes, and an arched shrine doorway. A shaven-headed man in white stands at the right edge. The screen shows the call controls at the bottom.

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A photograph of a Samsung monitor screen showing a live feed of a temple setting. In the centre, a man in an all-white dhoti and shirt with a long mala around his neck sits cross-legged with hands folded in prayer, in front of a golden-draped object. To his right, a bald young man in pale clothes with palms pressed together bows, and to the left an older man in white kneels with hands on a low platform. Another person in grey sits in the background near a red-and-white temple doorway with draped fabrics. Four people are visible.2011-02-22February 25 20112011-02-25 +1 copiesA photograph of a large flat-screen display showing a live feed of a temple hall. On the left of the screen, several people sit on a colourful patterned floor mat before a shrine decorated with deity murtis and garlands. A man in an orange robe sits at the front-left, a person in white sits near the centre, and a woman in a pink top sits in the middle, with another person in orange in the foreground. The right half of the screen shows a blank purple static pattern. Shrine decorations and offerings are visible behind the group.2011-07-08A photograph of a Samsung monitor screen showing a video call of a temple-like hall. Several men sit on a white platform in white and cream ritual clothing. A man in the center wears a white shirt and a beaded necklace, his face seen through the screen. An older man with white hair and a white beard sits to the right, and a bare-chested man with a shaved head sits in the foreground, partly cut off. A man on the left wears a yellow shawl. Behind them stand two painted deity figures, one in blue and one in green, flanking a shrine with a red curtain and small lamps. A bowl of yellow flowers and green leaves sits on the table in front. The video-call toolbar is visible along the bottom of the screen.2011-02-21April 14 20172017-04-14February 18 20112011-02-18February 24 20112011-02-24July 22 20132013-07-22October 16 20122012-10-16A photograph of a Samsung monitor displaying a video feed of a shrine room with ornate arched niches holding deity murtis, one draped with garlands and pink and purple cloth, another painted white and pink. A woman with light hair in white clothes sits cross-legged on a striped mat beside a man in white kurta with a dark mala, both with hands folded. A man in a grey-and-white striped shirt and jeans sits to the right. Pink-robed figures stand in the background. Partially visible people sit at left in the room the monitor is in.2011-02-16A photograph of a seated puja in a hall with woven mats. In the foreground a man with a shaved head, white dhoti and shawl, a red rudraksha mala and white tripundra markings sits cross-legged, eyes lowered, hands resting near a brass plate and small lamps. Beside him a younger devotee in white with a folded-hands namaskar pose sits in front of a brass bell and offering vessels. Behind them several men in white garments with bare-chested sitting postures and white forehead marks sit in rows, along with other devotees in the background. Oil lamps, brass vessels and a tray with ritual items are visible. The scene reads as a padapuja-style ritual gathering.2010-09-22A photograph of a flat-screen television placed on a dark red draped table in a hall with yellow curtains and black speakers. The screen shows a livestream of a temple worship scene: a man in a white dhoti and white shirt with a shaved head pours or offers from a brass aarti lamp before a decorated deity murti framed by marigold garlands and green leaves. A seated man in glasses watches at left, and a boy in a blue shirt with a woman in a magenta sari and red bindi sit with folded hands at right, with a red flower arrangement and a dark urn nearby. The screen shows an on-screen video call with a name label reading Talking: Nayanadeeksha Nithyan. Ritual items visible include a copper kalasha-style lamp and a small deity figure on a table.2017-04-14