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A large LED wall screen shows a multi-panel collage of live video feeds from different locations, each with people seated on mats in front of temple shrines. Panels labelled Los Angeles ARUNACHALA, PHOENIX KANCHEEPURAM, OHIO PRAYAG, SEATTLE CHIDAM BARAM, VANCOUVER PURI and SINGAPURAM show devotees in orange, white and blue clothing, some sitting in meditative postures before colourful deity murti and decorated altars with red drapes and garlands. The collage is a screenshot of a live link-up, with no physical people in the image itself apart from the audience in the room.

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November 12 20112011-11-12November 08 20112011-11-08A photograph of a large screen showing a grid of video panels from multiple centres, a video-conference style collage of ashram gatherings. Panels show people seated on mats in temple rooms decorated with deity murtis, red drapes and garlands. Labels on the panels read Seattle, Toronto Kailasam, Los Angeles Arunachala, Ohio Prayag and Phoenix. The screen is a graphic display; the people shown are on screens, not physically present.2011-12-03A photograph of a large LED video wall displaying a grid of nine live video feeds of satsang sessions at different ashram centres. Participants sit on mats and carpets in front of decorated deity altars with draped fabrics, garlands and lamps. Labels on the feeds read Ohio Prayag, Singapuram, San Jose Madurai, Guadeloupe, Phoenix Chidambaram, and Seattle Chidambaram. In the lower right foreground, a shaven-headed man in white dhoti and shawl with gold border, wearing a rudraksha mala, stands near the wall. Several people in the room are seated and watching the screen.2011-10-31December 17 20112011-12-17A multi-panel video-conference screen shows a grid of remote satsang sessions, each tile labelled with a city-temple name: Los Angeles ARUNACHALA, SINGAPURAM, SEATTLE CHIDAMBARAM, VANCOUVER PURI, OHIO PRAYAG and PHOENIX KANCHEEPURAM. Participants sit cross-legged on mats and cushions in white, saffron, blue and purple clothing, some with garlands, in rooms with deity murti, red drapes and flower decorations. In the bottom-right tile a bald man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala sits in meditation pose before a painted backdrop, shown on a screen rather than in person.2011-11-12A large video wall displays a grid of nine live-stream panels showing satsang sessions at different centres. Most panels show groups of people seated on mats in front of decorated altars with deity murtis, flowers and lamps. Panel labels read TORONTO LAILASAM, SINGAPURAM, OHIO PRAYAG, MALAYSIA PALANI and PHOENIX KANCHEEPURAM. In the bottom-right panel, a figure in saffron robes sits on an ornate gold throne with a green-gold backdrop, flanked by brass lamps, and a probable Swamiji appearance is shown on the screen with saffron/orange clothing and long hair.2011-11-17 +1 copiesNovember 04 20112011-11-04December 22 20112011-12-22A photograph of a wall-mounted Philips monitor displaying a nine-panel video grid of simultaneous satsang sessions at different centres. Panels show groups seated on mats before deity shrines and garlanded murtis, with labels reading "SAN JOSE MADURAI", "OHIO PRAYAG", "VICTORIA AUSTRALIA", "PHOENIX NGHEEPURAM", "NEW YORK VARANASI" and "GUADELOUPE". In the centre panel a bare-chested man in white dhoti and rudraksha mala sits before a shrine, and a middle panel shows robed figures with orange and red garments at a homa. Devotees in white and pink saris sit in rows, and a kalasha and a lit oil lamp appear in some panels.2011-10-30Photograph of a large Philips monitor displaying a grid of nine video-linked panels of satsang sessions at different KAILASA centres. Panels show seated devotees in white, saffron, yellow and red clothes before decorated deity altars with draped red and pink fabric, garlands and lamps. Printed labels read Malaysia Pelani, Singapuram, Los Angeles Arunachala, Ohio Prayag, Phoenix Kancheepuram and Toronto Kailasam. In the lower right panel a figure in saffron robe, rudraksha mala and ornate gold necklace sits before a golden throne beside a brass oil lamp, with an on-screen caption reading Paramashivam.2011-11-17November 08 20112011-11-08