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A photograph of a large projection screen showing a live video feed of a room. Inside the feed, a bald man in a maroon-brown robe sits cross-legged on a mat in front of a low table holding a brown cloth and a small offering. Around him, several people sit on the floor and on cushions, including a woman in white and a man in a light shirt, while a standing man in white stands at the right edge. Two handmade signs are propped on the floor, and a third hangs on the wall behind them. The top edge of the screen shows another feed with a striped textile and a faint map label reading San Jose, USA.

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February 25 20112011-02-25A 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.2011-02-25 +1 copiesA photograph of a projection screen showing a live video link to a centre. On the screen, several people sit on a patterned carpet in a room with a shrine-like altar, a red and white flag, and a blue mat. A man in a white kurta with a long mala sits at the front holding a placard. A young child in a blue-and-white outfit sits beside him. Another man in a grey shirt and dark trousers sits cross-legged at left, and a person in dark clothing sits on a mat at right. In the foreground at right, a man in a white shirt is partially visible. The placard reads a protest message against Swami Nithyananda.2011-02-27February 25 20112011-02-25 +1 copiesFebruary 25 20112011-02-25 +2 copiesA 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 copiesMay 28 20132013-05-28May 13 20132013-05-13 +1 copiesA photograph of a large screen showing a live video feed of seated participants in a meditation hall. A white banner reads "SAN JOSE AADHEENAM" above them. Rows of people sit on mats and cushions in mostly white clothing, with some in blue, purple and orange. A woman in white sits front centre on an orange cushion, and a standing person in white with a dark head covering appears at the bottom left. A caption on the screen reads "San Jose-Madurai".2015-09-27A 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.2011-01-29May 12 20122012-05-12 +2 copiesA screen-grid video conference of multiple satsang locations, with each tile showing a different group. Top-left, a man in white and a woman in white sit before a gold-draped altar with fruit and a brass tray. Top-centre, a group sits on green carpet beside a red-draped shrine with deity murtis. Centre-left, a label reads Los Angeles and people in white and orange sit on red and striped mats near a puja setup. Centre, a label reads San Jose Madurai and a woman in white sits with palms joined on a mat. Right tiles show Kuala Lumpur-Palani and Seattle Chidambaram, with people seated near altars and framed images. Many participants wear white, orange or yellow clothing.2013-07-30