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A photograph of a large video wall displaying a grid of live video-call feeds from multiple centres. Captions on the tiles read London Kashi, Atlanta Georgia, Toronto Thirukailaya Adheenam, New York Varanasi, Kuala Lumpur Palani Adheenam, Mill Valley-Vairavan Koil, Chennai Aadheenam, Temple City CA, Los Angeles Arunachala Peetam, Ohio Prayag, Seattle Chidambaram, and Fort Washington. Tiles show people seated in satsang rooms, some in saffron and orange robes, a woman in a white top with glasses, a bald man in white, and a person in red turban and dark red robes with a painted face in a leafy green backdrop. A tile in the lower right shows a seated figure in red clothing with a white facial marking.

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February 08 20152015-02-08February 10 20152015-02-10February 03 20152015-02-03February 08 20152015-02-08A large wall screen shows a video-conference grid of about fifteen tiles, each a remote satsang location labelled with city names such as Kuala Lumpur Palani Adheenam, Los Angeles Arunachala Peetam, St. Louis Tirumala Adheenam, Toronto Thirumalai Adheenam, San Jose Madurai, Melbourne Tiruvarur, Oman Sivagangai and Redmond USA. Tiles show people seated on rugs, on a peetha and in ashram rooms, some in saffron and maroon robes, one in a white shirt wearing a headset, and a central figure in a red-and-white outfit seated before a green backdrop. Shrines with deity murtis appear in several tiles. Attendees are seen only through the screen.2015-02-24A grid of video-call tiles shown on a large screen, each labelled with a place name: LOS ANGELES ARUNACHALA, TORONTO KAILASAM, OHIO PRAYAG, WASHINGTON DC SRIPURAM, VANCOUVER BHUVANESHWAR, KUALA LUMPUR, EAST LONDON UK, ARANDESWARA, CHARLOTTE Hindu Temple, and HOUSTON KALAHASTI. Participants in each tile sit in ritual or satsang settings: a woman in an orange sari with a puja plate in the Ohio tile, a man in a saffron robe and a bald-headed man in white sitting on a cushion in the Washington tile, a seated group in orange and white clothing in the Toronto tile, and an altar with a deity murti in the Vancouver tile. The screen shows a bright logo at top left and a copyright line at bottom right.2013-11-06A large screen shows a grid of video-call tiles for a satsang, with labelled windows reading Malaysia Palani, Toronto Kailasam, Phoenix Kanchipuram, Los Angeles Arunachala, San Jose Madurai, Ohio Center and Seattle Chidambaram. Tiles show people seated on mats performing puja with oil lamps, a brass thali, flowers and kalasha-like vessels, and a man in white and orange seated before a red-draped altar. In the bottom-right tile a man with long hair, saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits before a gold-decorated backdrop, the screen content being the satsang broadcast. The photograph is of the screen, so the people on it are not physically present.2013-04-09A large wall-mounted screen displays a grid of video-conference tiles showing devotees joining a satsang from many locations. Tiles show people seated on floors and chairs in rooms with shrines, deity images, flower garlands, and ritual items. Labels read Houston Kalahasti Aadheenam, Doncaster UK, Mill Valley-Vairavan Koil, Dubai Vaidyanatham, Charlotte Srisailam, Hyderabad Adheenam, Selayang Malaysia, Singapore Singapuram, Surrey Canada, and Washington DC Sripuram. In the Charlotte tile a man in white with a garland sits on a red-and-white rug. In the Singapore tile several people in white and red sit before a shrine of deity murtis. A pedia.org at lower right2015-02-01A photograph of a large display screen showing a video-conference grid of many small live feeds from different locations. Each tile is labelled with a city name in white text, including Phoenix Kanchipuram, Singapore Singapore, Los Angeles Arunachalam, New York Varanasi, Oklahoma Somnatham, Toronto Kailasam, Seattle Chidambaram, Charlotte-Srisailam, Atlanta Ujjaini and San Jose Madurai. Participants sit cross-legged on mats and carpets in meditation or satsang postures, several wearing white kurtas and some in dark clothing, with shrine backdrops of deity murti and red drapes visible in several tiles. On the right edge of the screen a partial tile shows a seated figure in red and orange robes.2013-04-06February 14 20152015-02-14A photograph of a large display screen showing a grid of live video feeds from multiple satsang centres, each panel labelled with its location, such as Ohio-Prayag, Selayang Malaysia, Goon-Malaysia, Toronto-Kailasham, Los Angeles Aadheenam, Seattle Aadheenam, Melbourne Aadheenam, Scarborough Canada and Charlotte Home Temple. Inside the panels, rows of devotees sit on the floor in white, saffron, red and purple clothing, many with hands folded or seated in meditation postures. One panel shows a deity murti with a flower garland at a Seattle altar, and a few people in the Toronto panel wear saffron-toned clothing. The screen image shows people appearing on screens rather than physically present in this room.2016-01-24A screen displays a grid of twelve video-conference feeds from different ashram and temple locations, each labelled with a white caption. Labels read Los Angeles Arunachala, Kastav Croatia, Guadeloupe Rameswaram, Oklahoma Somnatham, Sri Nithyandeswara Hindu Temple, Kuala Lumpur Palani, Ohio Prayag, San Jose Madurai, Seattle Chidambaram and Vancouver Bhuvaneshwar. In several feeds people sit on the floor before ritual arrangements of fruit, flowers and brass items; in the Kuala Lumpur feed, saffron-robed participants sit near a deity murti and a statue. In the Kastav feed two people sit on the floor before offerings. A small portrait is visible in the top-left feed.2013-11-05