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A photograph of a screen showing a video-conference grid of many remote locations, each tile labelled with a place name such as Singapore-Singapuram, Amersfoort-Netherlands, Ohio - Ma Sivananda, Houston-TX-USA, Sugar Land Texas, Oman Shiva Ganga, Guadeloupe-Rameshwaram and LA-Downtown. Most tiles show small groups of people seated on floors or sofas in rooms, some in saffron or white clothes. In the bottom right tile a figure seated on an ornate golden throne wears a saffron robe and a rudraksha mala with a shaved head, and a self view label appears beneath. The grid is a multi-site satsang broadcast.

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May 08 20132013-05-08November 08 20142014-11-08 +1 copiesNovember 25 20142014-11-25October 06 20122012-10-06September 20 20142014-09-20September 28 20142014-09-28 +1 copiesNovember 11 20112011-11-11A large video-conference screen shows a grid of sixteen tiles, each a remote satsang location with participants seated on mats or sofas. Labels read St. Louis Tirumala, Charlotte Sriaram, Bangalore Malleshwaram, Houston Southwest, Washington D.C. Sripuram, New York Varanasi, Turkey, Brockley London, Bangalore Whitefield, Arunachala, Singapura, Guadeloupe Ramatirtha and Reunion. In the bottom-right tile a figure with long hair, a rudraksha mala and an orange robe sits on an ornate gold throne, appearing to be Swamiji (probable), shown on the screen rather than physically present. Other tiles show participants in white and saffron clothing, a deity photo and a kalasha, and an oil lamp on a small table.2012-09-07A multi-panel video conference collage of satsang participants joined from different centres. Panels show people seated on rugs or chairs in rooms with sofas, a deity murti on an altar, a row of seated devotees, and a woman in a red shawl. Handwritten signs read St. Louis, Tirumala, Singapuram, Paris Kalighat, Philadelphia, St Julien France, and Charlotte Srisailam. In the bottom-right panel, a man with long hair, saffron-orange robes, a rudraksha mala and flower garlands gestures while speaking to the camera, a figure matching the Swamiji (probable) description. Because this is a screen collage, the people shown are on screens rather than physically present.2013-01-12A 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.2013-04-06A large video-conference grid displayed on a screen, showing a collage of many small live panels of people in home and ashram settings, labelled with handwritten or printed place signs such as Washington D.C. Sripuram, Guadeloupe, New Jersey, Vancouver Home, Houston North-West, Bangalore Whitefield, Brockley London, Turkey, St. Louis, Arunachala Tiruvannamalai and Anna Nagar. Many participants sit cross-legged on mats in saffron, orange, red and green clothes, some with ritual red and white markings, around puja items and flowers. In the bottom right panel, a man with a shaved head and saffron-orange robes with a gold necklace sits before a golden backdrop, with a rudraksha mala. This is a photograph of a screen showing a collage, so the physical people count refers only to people in the room, which is effectively none visible apart from a partial garment edge.2012-09-05April 13 20132013-04-13 +1 copies