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June 23 20122012-06-23 +2 copiesJune 23 20122012-06-23 +1 copiesJune 23 20122012-06-23June 06 20122012-06-06 +1 copiesNovember 11 20112011-11-11February 10 20152015-02-10November 11 20112011-11-11Three large VU monitors on a red-draped table show a multi-site video conference of a person satsang groups. Screens display grids of participants in Dallas, Houston, New Jersey, Ohio, Calgary, Seattle, Vancouver, UK and Singapore, some seated on mats, some in white clothes, some with deity images and saffron-coloured textiles behind them. Cables, a laptop and a camera sit in the foreground, and a framed portrait hangs on the wall at upper left.2011-09-10A large display screen shows a multi-panel video-conference collage of satsang sites. Panels labelled Singapore-Singapuram, Dallas-Dwaraka, Ohio Prayag, Toronto Kailasam, Los Angeles Arunachala and Sparta NJ show small groups of devotees in white and pink clothing seated on mats or chairs, some with puja trays and a framed portrait. The central-right panel shows a man in a saffron-orange robe and a flowing braid seated in an orange chair before a garlanded deity murti in gold and red, appearing as a screen image. The panels are on a screen, so they are depictions rather than physical people here.2013-07-03A large screen displays a video-conference grid of many live feeds from different centres, each labelled with a place name such as Toronto Kailasam, Seattle Chidambaram, Oklahoma Somnatham, San Jose Madurai, Sharjah, Ohio Prayag, Kuala Lumpur-Palani, Singapore Sivaganga and Los Angeles Ayuda Nagaram. Inside the panels, people sit on mats around decorated puja tables with offerings, flowers and oil lamps, some in saffron and red clothing, while others stand or sit in a satsang-style gathering. A small framed portrait on one panel shows a smiling saffron-robed figure, identified only by its caption.2013-05-03A large screen displays a video-conference grid of multiple remote sites, each labelled with a banner: Houston Kalahasthi, Toronto Kailasam, Ohio Prayag, Calgary Amarnath, Seattle Chidambaram, Sri Nithyanandeswara Hindu Temple, Guadeloupe and Kuala Lumpur - Palani. Participants in each panel sit on mats or chairs during puja and satsang, with a homa fire pit, kalasha offerings and a deity shrine visible in several. The screen is shown in a dark room, and the grid features roughly ten to twenty visible people across the panels, with one person in a white shirt and light-coloured clothing in the Guadeloupe panel.2013-10-15June 23 20122012-06-23 +1 copies