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A 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.

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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.2011-10-10A 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.2011-10-31October 31 20112011-10-31April 15 20122012-04-15A large video wall shows a nine-panel grid of live satsang sites, each tile captioned with a place name on a white sign or label. Tiles show devotees seated on mats and rugs before altars with deity murti, flowers and lamps. Top right, Ohio Prayag shows a man in white with a mala and a woman in white and red beside a decorated altar. Center right, Atlanta Ujjain shows two men in white seated on a floor with a framed picture. Bottom right, a large gold-framed screen shows a bare-chested speaker in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala and a sash, seated on a gold throne-like backdrop, labelled by the screen's overlay. Bottom centre, Seattle Chidambaram shows people in white seated before a red and gold shrine with garlands. Centre, Scottsdale Arizona shows a man in white with long hair among seated devotees on red cloth.2011-11-14A large display screen shows a multi-panel collage of live video links to satsang groups. Top left, a San Jose Madurai panel shows a group seated on colourful striped mats before deity murtis on decorated altars. Top right, a Singapuram panel shows several women seated on a rug, one in orange and one in blue, with a green cloth and offerings nearby. Bottom left, an Ohio Prayag panel shows devotees in a temple hall before deity murtis, with a woman in a red sari and a kumkum-marked figure at a puja. Bottom centre, a Los Angeles Arunachala panel shows a seated group before a shrine. Bottom right, a close-up shows a bald man in saffron robes with a rudraksha mala, one hand to his cheek, in front of a painted deity image. The collage shows no physical people beyond those on screens.2011-11-14A 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.2011-11-07November 08 20112011-11-08A multi-panel video-conference collage of satsang sessions linked across cities. Panels show groups of devotees seated on mats and cushions in temple rooms with deity murtis, garlands and colourful decorations; labelled panels include Singapuram, Ohio Prayag, Los Angeles Arunachala, Scottsdale Arizona, Atlanta Ujjain, Port Washington New York and Seattle Chidambaram. In the bottom right, a man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits beside a painted portrait of a robed figure, and a bald man in glasses wearing a rudraksha mala sits in a white room with his hand to his chin. The collage itself contains no physical people in the image as a whole, and the panels show devotees seated in rooms.2011-11-14June 06 20122012-06-06 +1 copiesA nine-panel video-conference grid of meditation groups shown on a large screen, each tile a separate remote centre. Other tiles show seated groups in meditation or satsang before deity murtis, a kalasha-decorated altar, sign labels reading San Jose Madurai, Ohio Prayag, New York Varanasi, Singapuram, Phoenix Thiruchendur-style label, and Victoria Australia, with a white-shirted man and a man in white robes among the participants.2011-10-30A 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