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A photograph of a Philips LED monitor displaying a multi-panel video call collage of several temple and ashram locations. Top left, Los Angeles Arunachalam shows a hall with seated devotees on mats and cushions before deity shrines. Top right, Seattle Chidambaram shows a man in white and a woman in purple at a decorated altar with garlands. Middle left, San Jose Madurai shows a seated figure in white and a figure in green on a striped mat. Centre, Singapuram shows a yellow-floored room with a seated figure in orange near a low green-cushioned seat and a laptop. Middle right, Guadeloupe shows a long table with women in colourful dress and offerings. Bottom left, Ohio Rayaa shows a woman in green and a man in white before shrines. Bottom right shows a gold-framed portrait of a seated figure on a gilded throne with lamps, against a painted sky.

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November 08 20112011-11-08A photograph of a Philips monitor showing a multi-panel video conference grid of satsang locations, each tile labelled with a place name such as TORONTO KAILASAM, MALAYSIA PALANI, SEATTLE CHIDAMBARAM, SINGAPURAM, OHIO PRAYAG and a tile labelled with a Bangalore-style centre name. Each tile shows people seated on mats and floor cushions before decorated deity murti, gold arches, kalasha-like altars, flower garlands and lamps. In the bottom-right tile, two men in saffron/orange robes sit at a plant-filled room; the man on the left wears a rudraksha mala and sits with his hand near his face, while the man on the right sits in orange clothing with a hand raised to his chin. Several tiles show dozens of seated participants in saffron, white and purple clothes, indicating a large remote gathering.2011-11-18A multi-panel collage photograph shown on a dark LED screen, with several inset photos of simultaneous satsang events across different locations. Top left, two women in white and yellow sit on a striped rug before a shrine of deity murtis with flower garlands, with a sign reading OHIO PRAYAG. Top right, a group of around twenty devotees in mixed clothing sits on a wooden floor before a plate of offerings, labelled SINGAPURAM. Bottom row shows a shrine room with a seated group and a sign reading SAN JOSE MADURAI, a shrine with deity murtis and a sign reading Los Angeles ARUNACHALA, and a close view of a man in white with a mala and a gold-framed throne. Inset panels are screen images, and the collage itself contains no physical people.2011-11-07December 17 20112011-12-17A photograph of a large screen showing a grid of live video feeds from multiple ashram centres. Top row: a Los Angeles Arunachal feed with devotees in white and yellow garments near a shrine, and a Singapuram feed with devotees in white and orange performing prostrations on a floor with a small brass offering plate. Middle row: a San Jose Madurai feed with a figure in yellow and white garments on a striped mat, a Seattle Chidambaram feed with devotees in white bowing before offerings, and an Ohio Prayag feed with a figure in white bending on a striped mat. Bottom row: a feed of seated devotees in a room with a woman in a dark shawl, and two feeds showing a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala bending and a second figure in orange with a rudraksha mala standing before a white statue.2011-11-07Photograph of a large Philips monitor showing a nine-panel video grid of simultaneous satsang or puja sessions from different centres. Panels show devotees in white and saffron clothes seated or kneeling on striped mats before decorated shrines with deity murtis, garlands and red and gold drapery. Labels read TORONTO KAILASAM, MALAYSIA PALANI, SAN JOSE, SEATTLE CHIDAMBARAM, SINGAPURAM and OHIO PRAYAG. The bottom-right panel shows a bald man in saffron robes and a rudraksha mala with arms raised overhead, and a bespectacled man in saffron clothes raising his arms in the adjacent panel.2011-11-18April 13 20132013-04-13A photograph of a flat-screen monitor, branded Philips, showing a multi-window video wall of simultaneous live feeds from several KAILASA temple centres. Panels show devotees lying prone in rows on the floor in front of deity murti and decorated altars, with yellow and orange ornamentation. Labels on the feeds read SINGAPURAM, MALAYSIA PALANI, SEATTLE CHIDAMBARAM, OHIO PRAYAG and TORONTO KAILASA. One panel shows a close view of a person in orange and white clothing lying prone on a mat. The scene conveys a synchronized group practice across centres, with dozens of people visible on the screens rather than in the room.2011-11-20May 27 20122012-05-27October 31 20112011-10-31October 21 20112011-10-21A photograph of a large video wall showing a grid of live-link windows from different ashram locations, each framed by a screen. Panels labelled SEATTLE CHIDAMBARAM, SINGAPURAM, LOS ANGELES ARUNACHALA and SAN JOSE MADURAI show groups of devotees seated in front of decorated altars with deity murtis, kalasha pots, flower garlands, oil lamps and fruit offerings. Several women wear saffron, orange and red saris, and some men wear white dhotis. In one panel a standing figure in white and saffron stands before a shrine, and in the lower right a person in an orange robe photographs a richly decorated temple shrine with a gold-framed deity. The video-wall windows show screens of people, not physical people in this room.2012-04-15