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A photograph of a television or monitor screen showing a video-conference feed from the Salem Dhyanapeetam centre. Three people stand before a decorated altar with a large framed deity image garlanded with marigolds and red flowers, with a yellow and red backdrop and a tall plant behind. On the left, a man in a white shirt with a dark cord necklace and pendant smiles and speaks. In the centre, a smiling woman in a patterned white and pink top holds a folded paper, and on the right a woman in a maroon sari with yellow border and a beaded necklace gestures. A small framed picture and a brass lamp sit on a shelf to the left. A caption reads Salem-Dhyanapeetam. No one identifiable as a person is visible.

January 24 2014

January 24 2014

2014-01-24 +3 copies

January 24 2014

2014-01-24 +1 copies

January 24 2014

2014-01-24 +1 copies

January 24 2014

2014-01-24 +2 copies

A large screen shows a live video feed of a satsang or darshan hall with red-cushioned chairs. A woman in a white saree with a gold-bordered pallu stands with palms pressed together in namaste, holding papers, with a white flower arrangement and fruit in the foreground labelled Salem-Dhyanapeetam. Other people in white clothing stand behind her, including a man wearing a garland of beads.

A photograph of a large screen showing a live video feed. In the centre, a man in an all-white shirt and trousers stands with his hands pressed together near his face, his mouth open as if speaking or chanting. Behind him, a crowd of onlookers stands and sits in a dim hall. At the lower left, a woman in a dark blue sari with gold border stands at the edge of the frame. Seated at right, a woman in a maroon sari with gold trim sits with folded hands among devotees. In the foreground, a pile of garlands and flower offerings in red, white and orange lies on the floor. A small inset in the lower right corner shows a man in an orange garment and a green-backed portrait.

A pada puja at a devotee's home. A seated woman in an orange saree with a red floral garland and a rose bouquet receives worship from a woman in a white and gold saree who holds a lit oil lamp over a brass plate of flowers. A man in white dhoti and shirt sits with palms joined, and a shaved-headed boy stands with a silver ceremonial fan. Behind them, several people in orange and ochre garments and beaded necklaces stand with palms joined. A yellow-walled shrine shelf holds a framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure, garlanded with flowers, a kalasha, brass lamps and a small deity murti.

Photograph of two monitors in a dim room showing a live feed of a ceremony. The larger monitor shows a figure seated on a throne decorated with colourful floral garlands, with a blue draped backdrop and tall ceremonial staffs on either side. A man in a white shirt sits in the foreground of the screen, and a woman with long dark hair in a white outfit sits to the right. A smaller monitor on the left shows a woman in a lavender dress beside floral garlands. The people visible are on screens, not physically present in the room.

Photograph of a family standing before a shrine in a room with a large black-and-white painted mural of a smiling long-haired man with a red bindi, a figure whose face is painted rather than physically present. A man in a white polo shirt and grey trousers holds a tray of fruit and sweets beside a woman in a maroon sari with gold border and a young woman in white kurta with a rudraksha-style bead necklace. A small girl in a light blue top and yellow skirt and a boy stand at left. The shrine has a pink-and-blue pavilion with a figure of Saraswati holding a veena on a white lotus, a seated figure in saffron robes and a standing figure in white. Brass vessels, lemons, flowers, books and small offering trays are arranged on the floor and a yellow platform in front.

A smiling man in a saffron-orange sleeveless garment with a shawl wrap stands in a whitewashed room, wearing a long rudraksha mala and a white jasmine garland, with a white tilak on his forehead and long dark hair tied back. He gestures with his palms toward a woman in a yellow and white saree and black bead necklace who holds a brass oil lamp with a lit flame. To the left, a man in white clothes with an orange shawl stands with hands clasped. A pink wall with a floral garland hangs behind them. Appearance-based candidate: a person, in person, wearing rudraksha mala, saffron garments and a jasmine garland during the lamp ceremony.