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June 22 20122012-06-22 +1 copiesA photograph of a large wall-mounted monitor showing a grid of video-call tiles from many locations, each showing small groups seated in homes or centres. Signs read Bangalore Whitefield, New York Varnasi, Washington DC Sripuram, Houston North-West, Madrid Spain, Granada Spain, Singapuram, St. Louis Thirumalai, Tucson AZ USA and Turkey. Several participants wear white, yellow or saffron clothes, and some sit before shrines and framed deity pictures.2012-09-13July 23 20122012-07-23June 23 20122012-06-23 +1 copiesAugust 25 20122012-08-25A photograph of a large video-wall screen showing a grid of live video-conference feeds for a satsang, with a cinema-like frame and a grey wall around it. Each tile is labelled with a city-and-temple name, including Houston Kalashasthi, Charlotte Srisailam, Los Angeles Arunachala, Ohio Prayag, San Jose Madurai, Sharjah, Oklahoma Somanatham, Toronto Kailasam, Kuala Lumpur Palani and Seattle Chidambaram. Participants sit on mats and cushions in ashram-style rooms; some wear saffron and orange robes, others white, and several have shaved or covered heads. One Toronto tile shows a man in dark robes and a head covering seated by a small offering. Altars with deity murtis, orange drapes and a large framed portrait appear in several tiles. The screen shows people only on screens, so no physical participants are in the photographed room; the feeds show seated devotees in groups.2013-11-15A monitor displays a multi-panel video conference grid of satsang and puja gatherings across several centres. Top-left panel shows a woman in white seated with hands in prayer beside a sign reading CHARLOTTE. Top-middle panel shows a man in white and a seated person before a deity murti, labelled DALLAS DWARAKA. Middle-left panel shows a group seated on a sofa and chairs, labelled PEMBROKE PINES or similar. Centre panel shows a large seated congregation in a hall with a decorated altar. Middle-right panel shows a woman in red with a deity altar, labelled MILL VALLEY. Lower-left panel shows a woman in meditation pose and a man in white, labelled ATLANTA UJJAIN. Lower-centre panel shows a woman with a sign labelled BESANCON and a figure in red and orange. Lower-right panel shows a man in saffron and red with a crown-like headpiece and rudraksha mala seated on a gold throne, a probable Swamiji candidate, with a small figure in white at his feet. A right-side monitor shows more small panels of altars and deity images.2012-05-21 +1 copiesA large video-conference grid displayed on a screen, showing a collage of many small live panels of people in home and ashram settings, labelled with handwritten or printed place signs such as Washington D.C. Sripuram, Guadeloupe, New Jersey, Vancouver Home, Houston North-West, Bangalore Whitefield, Brockley London, Turkey, St. Louis, Arunachala Tiruvannamalai and Anna Nagar. Many participants sit cross-legged on mats in saffron, orange, red and green clothes, some with ritual red and white markings, around puja items and flowers. In the bottom right panel, a man with a shaved head and saffron-orange robes with a gold necklace sits before a golden backdrop, with a rudraksha mala. This is a photograph of a screen showing a collage, so the physical people count refers only to people in the room, which is effectively none visible apart from a partial garment edge.2012-09-05November 11 20112011-11-11January 20 20132013-01-20 +2 copiesA photograph of a large video wall displaying a grid of live video feeds from different centres, showing devotees gathered in temples and halls for a satsang. Panels show people sitting on mats and cushions in white, red and yellow clothing, a woman in a red and orange sari at a lectern, a shaved-headed man in yellow robes seated before a red cushion in a Seattle hall, and a shrine with red drapes and deity murti. Small signs read Seattle, Kulim Malaysia, Oklahoma and San Jose Madurai. The bottom right panel shows a large ornate image of Shiva with a tilak, adorned with rudraksha and gold-coloured decoration.2013-02-22 +1 copiesA photograph of a large video wall showing a multi-site satsang session as nine live feeds in a grid. Top-left panel labelled HOUSTON KALAHASHTI shows a boy in a blue top, a woman in a patterned top, a woman in a sari and a man in a red shirt seated on a floor with a deity picture and offerings. Top-middle panel labelled WASHINGTON, D.C. SRIPURAM shows people seated on a rug before a framed picture. Top-right panel labelled REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA shows women in orange and saffron clothing seated on a floor. Middle-left panel labelled CHARLOTTE SRISARAM shows seated participants with a plate of offerings in front of them. Middle panel labelled VANCOUVER PURI shows people in white and orange seated before a decorated altar with garlands. Middle-right panel labelled ANNA NAGAR shows women in saffron and yellow seated on a mat. Bottom panels show framed deity pictures on red-cushioned stands with flowers. No a person candidate is visible in any panel.2012-07-05