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A photograph of a large video screen showing a live-linked satsang. Inside the centre frame, a group of devotees sits on striped floor mats in front of a shrine with deity murtis and framed pictures, decorated with garlands. In the foreground, a white placard reads STOP THIS RELIGIOUS EXECUTION with SAN JOSE U.S.A. beneath. Several seated people wear white and cream clothing, one woman in an orange sari sits among them, and a man in a dark shirt stands at left. A smaller screen panel above shows a red-and-orange draped seat, and a partial figure appears at the lower left edge of the screen wall.

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February 25 20112011-02-25May 12 20122012-05-12 +2 copiesFebruary 25 20112011-02-25 +1 copiesMay 12 20122012-05-12December 12 20112011-12-12A photograph of a television or monitor screen showing a live satsang feed. Seated devotees fill the floor in white and pale clothing, with a woman in pink on the right and a man in a blue shirt near the center. In the lower right, a man in white sits cross-legged before a framed portrait garlanded with orange and yellow flowers. Behind them stand a shrine with a deity murti under a red canopy, a tall brass lamp, and a lit altar with candles. A caption bar reads San Jose Madurai, indicating a centre in that city.2013-04-07A photograph of a projection screen showing a video conference grid of several live feeds from different ashram rooms. The top-left feed shows a row of seated people in front of ornate shrines with deity murtis and floral arrangements. A bald man in orange and white robes with a rudraksha mala sits near the front. The top-right feed shows people in white clothes and a red-shawled man seated on a carpet before colourful deity figures. The bottom-middle feed shows a man in white kurta and a seated man in a grey shirt before a pink and red shrine with a deity figure and a kalasha. The bottom-right feed shows a figure in red seated on an ornate throne-like seat with yellow and blue decorations.2011-02-16A multi-panel screen capture from a video presentation shows a seated group of devotees in white and yellow clothing on white mats in a bright hall. Most attendees are seated cross-legged, some wearing saffron, yellow, purple and green garments. In the upper panel a handwritten sign reading SAN JOSE is visible above participants seated on mats. The right panel shows a brass oil lamp beside a deity murti, and the left panel shows a figure in white with a long shawl and a pale garment. The image appears to be a screenshot of a recorded broadcast of a satsang or kriya session.2011-01-29A photograph of a television or monitor screen showing a live satsang broadcast from a temple hall in San Jose. Rows of devotees sit on mats and cushions in front of a shrine with deity murti, including a central figure beneath a red canopy and a kalasha-like vessel. Men wear white kurtas and a man in blue shawl sits among others; women wear white saris, pink, blue and lavender clothing. One devotee in white lies prostrate in front of the shrine, and flowers and offerings are placed in the foreground. A caption on the lower screen reads San Jose Madurai.2013-04-07A nine-panel video-conference grid of satsang participants seated on mats and cushions in different centres, each panel labelled with a placard: ATLANTA, SEATTLE USA, LA, NEW YORK USA, SAN JOSE, OHIO. Several panels show groups in white clothing with folded hands, and some show pink-and-orange-clad participants. The bottom-right panel shows a bald-headed figure in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and gold necklace seated on a throne-like ornate chair with a microphone, facing the camera with a shawl-draped figure beside him. Other panels show shrines with deity murtis, marigold garlands and oil lamps. Placards in some panels read stop atrocities and Swami Nithyananda cause.2011-02-25 +1 copiesA photograph of a video-screen or projected feed showing a temple-like hall with a striped multicoloured floor mat. Several people sit on the mat, a man in white clothing in the centre-foreground and a woman in white on the right, with a small pillow-seated figure and others seated behind. A printed sign on the mat reads SAN JOSE MADURAI. Behind them are elaborate altars with deity murti, tall decorated pillars, a red-draped platform and a kalasha-like brass vessel. Other people are scattered in the background, and a seated figure in dark clothing sits near the centre back. Oil lamps and offerings are placed on a low table in front. The scene is slightly blurred and watermarked by the archive.2011-12-23February 25 20112011-02-25 +1 copies