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A nine-panel video-conference grid of satsang participants seated on mats and cushions in different centres, each panel labelled with a placard: ATLANTA, SEATTLE USA, LA, NEW YORK USA, SAN JOSE, OHIO. Several panels show groups in white clothing with folded hands, and some show pink-and-orange-clad participants. The bottom-right panel shows a bald-headed figure in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and gold necklace seated on a throne-like ornate chair with a microphone, facing the camera with a shawl-draped figure beside him. Other panels show shrines with deity murtis, marigold garlands and oil lamps. Placards in some panels read stop atrocities and Swami Nithyananda cause.

February 25 2011

2011-02-25 +2 copies

A photograph of a large screen displaying a nine-panel video-conference grid of satsang participants from different locations. Panels labelled OHIO, SEATTLE USA, LA, NEW YORK USA, SAN JOSE and ATLANTA show groups seated on rugs and cushions in white and coloured clothing, with devotees holding placards and a deity shrine in some rooms. In the bottom-right panel, a figure in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits on an ornate gold throne with a purple cushion, a person, though the appearance is uncertain from this small view. Other panels show a figure in a saffron-orange robe leading a ritual near a brass lamp, and a placard reading STOP ATROCITIES AGAINST SWAMI NITHYANANDA. Many people are visible across the panels, though the total is best estimated as a range.

2011-02-25 +1 copies

A flat-screen monitor shows a multi-panel video-conference grid of satsang centres. Tiles include New Jersey, Philadelphia, New York, San Jose, Los Angeles and Atlanta, with devotees seated on mats, some holding placards and flowers, others before altars and deity murti. The bottom-right tile shows a long-haired figure in orange robes and rudraksha malas seated on a gold throne, with a microphone before them; the figure matches the Swamiji (probable) cues of long hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha malas. Visible placards read NEW JERSEY, PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK, SAN JOSE, LA and ATLANTA, and a tile shows a fruit and flower offering.

2011-02-27 +1 copies

A photograph of a large screen showing a video-conference grid of nine live feeds from different locations, with a blue-lit wall to the left. Several panels show groups of devotees seated on mats in front of decorated shrines with deity murtis, flowers, lamps and kumkum-decorated trays. Name signs read OHIO, SEATTLE, SINGAPORE and SAN JOSE. The bottom-right panel shows a man in a saffron-orange robe and a tall ornate golden-brown headdress, seated before a gold-embossed backdrop; he wears a rudraksha mala and is framed as the speaker.

A photograph of a large video wall displaying a grid of nine live feeds of simultaneous group sessions held at different centres. Top left, several people seated on mats before a small table with offerings; a figure in orange robes sits at the centre, flanked by others in white. Top centre, a crowd in white and colourful clothing sits before a deity murti shrine with red and gold drapery, a green sign reading SEATTLE and a white sign reading SINGAPURAM nearby. Top right, a seated man in a dark shirt in front of a Singapuram banner. Middle row, a shrine with decorated deity murtis, a sign reading OHIO PRAYAG, a seated group on striped mats, a sign reading SAN JOSE MADURAI, and a sign reading PRAYAG on a dark panel. Bottom row, colourful shrines with deity figures, a group in front of a sign reading RONTO, and a shrine with a sign reading KULIP MALAYSIA. Dark room edges frame the screen.

A screen-grid photograph of a video-conference satsang split into many tiles, each showing a different group of people seated on mats, cushions or chairs in rooms with red, orange and white furnishings. Tile labels read San Jose Madurai, Toronto Kailasam, Phoenix Kanchipuram, Ohio Prayag, Oklahoma Somnatham, Ohio Center, Adyar Chennai, Seattle Chidambaram, Sharjah, Los Angeles Arunachala, Alwarpet Chennai and Nithyanandanagara Hyderabad. Several tiles show a seated man in white ritual clothing with a shaved head, and a few show people in saffron or orange garments, but no identification is made from appearance. A portrait of a figure in orange and a framed image appear in some rooms, and a brass plate with flowers sits in one tile. Overlaid screen text includes Sanskrit mantra lines and a copyright notice.

A large display screen showing a multi-panel video conference grid of satsang participants seated on floors and mats in various rooms, with name placards including NEW YORK VARANASI, CALGARY AMARNATH, SOMNATH, TUCSON, VANCOUVER PURI and CHARLOTTE SRISAILAM. Many people in white, cream, blue and purple clothing sit cross-legged, some with notebooks. In the bottom-right panel, a figure in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas and a garland sits before an ornate golden throne with floral decorations, appearing to be the presenter for the session, and this appearance-based identification is probable: a person, seated on a golden peetha. Other panels show a framed portrait and an altar with flowers. The screen is partially visible at the right edge.

A photograph of a large video-wall screen showing a grid of live video-conference feeds for a satsang, with a cinema-like frame and a grey wall around it. Each tile is labelled with a city-and-temple name, including Houston Kalashasthi, Charlotte Srisailam, Los Angeles Arunachala, Ohio Prayag, San Jose Madurai, Sharjah, Oklahoma Somanatham, Toronto Kailasam, Kuala Lumpur Palani and Seattle Chidambaram. Participants sit on mats and cushions in ashram-style rooms; some wear saffron and orange robes, others white, and several have shaved or covered heads. One Toronto tile shows a man in dark robes and a head covering seated by a small offering. Altars with deity murtis, orange drapes and a large framed portrait appear in several tiles. The screen shows people only on screens, so no physical participants are in the photographed room; the feeds show seated devotees in groups.

A screen shows a grid of video-conference feeds of seated groups in separate centres labelled LA, GUADELOUPE, TORONTO, SAN JOSE, SEATTLE USA, HOUSTON and OHIO. Participants sit on mats and cushions in white and coloured clothing, some with shrines and deity murti behind them. The screen is a photographed display of a satsang broadcast.

A screen shows a multi-window video-conference grid of temple and ashram locations, each labelled with a printed caption: HYDERABAD, RAMESWARAM, TORONTO KAILASAM, LOS ANGELES ARUNACHALA, SAN JOSE MADURAI, OHIO PRAYAG, OKLAHOMA SOMNATHAM and CHARLOTTE SRISAILAM. In the Rameswaram window, a row of seated devotees in white, pink and green clothes sits on a mat, one man in blue palms together, with a banana-leaf offering plate before them. In the Toronto window a bald man in a dark robe stands, and seated devotees in saffron and white sit nearby. The Oklahoma window shows a deity altar with decorated murtis and a standing figure in white. Several people are visible across the windows, mostly seated in satsang or puja settings.

2013-11-16 +1 copies