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Photograph of a large display screen showing a tiled video conference of multiple temple and satsang locations. The top right tile shows a man in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala seated with a group, a woman in an orange saree and others seated on a sofa, and a shrine with a deity murti. A label reads HOUSTON KALAHASTHI. Other tiles show groups seated on mats in front of altars, a robed figure with a kalasha, and devotees in white and orange. In the bottom right a portrait of a figure with long hair and orange clothing and a rudraksha mala is on the screen.

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A photograph of a computer monitor showing a multi-panel video conference collage of several live feeds of devotees and ritual scenes. Top right, a woman in an orange sari sits among seated women in green and white, with a small brass lamp and offerings in front. Center, a group of people sit on floor mats in a hall. Right, a woman in a blue dress sits near a table of fruit and flowers. Bottom right, a person in a light blue outfit stands before a golden ornate throne beside deity murtis, with a portrait-style figure seated nearby. Several small screens sit on the desk at left.2011-02-13A photograph of a flat-screen television displaying a video-conference grid of many remote satsang sites, each tile showing people seated on mats or chairs in temples, homes and halls. Tiles include a Malaysia Palani scene with a decorated chariot-like shrine, a Madurai site, a Houston room, an Oklahoma Sonlitikkam tile, a Seattle tile, and an Anna Nagar tile. Several participants wear white, orange and saffron clothes. In the lower right tile, a man in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala and gold ornaments sits on a red throne against a red backdrop, appearing as a person on a screen. Other tiles show deity murtis, kalasha and flower garlands.2012-09-22A photograph of a large video wall showing a multi-site satsang session as nine live feeds in a grid. Top-left panel labelled HOUSTON KALAHASHTI shows a boy in a blue top, a woman in a patterned top, a woman in a sari and a man in a red shirt seated on a floor with a deity picture and offerings. Top-middle panel labelled WASHINGTON, D.C. SRIPURAM shows people seated on a rug before a framed picture. Top-right panel labelled REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA shows women in orange and saffron clothing seated on a floor. Middle-left panel labelled CHARLOTTE SRISARAM shows seated participants with a plate of offerings in front of them. Middle panel labelled VANCOUVER PURI shows people in white and orange seated before a decorated altar with garlands. Middle-right panel labelled ANNA NAGAR shows women in saffron and yellow seated on a mat. Bottom panels show framed deity pictures on red-cushioned stands with flowers. No a person candidate is visible in any panel.2012-07-05July 23 20122012-07-23September 13 20122012-09-13January 02 20132013-01-02October 10 20122012-10-10November 05 20112011-11-05October 13 20122012-10-13A photograph of a large monitor displaying a multi-panel collage of video stills from temple and ashram gatherings. Several panels show groups of people seated on floors and mats before decorated altars with deity murtis, garlands and flowers. A bottom-centre panel shows a bare-chested man with a white tilak, rudraksha-style garland and a red-patterned backdrop, and a right-hand panel shows a figure in saffron robes seated among offerings. Some panels carry printed city-name signs such as Seattle, Oklahoma Sonnetham and San Jose Madurai. The collage content is screen imagery, so no physical people are counted in the room beyond the handful of people in the scene behind the monitor.2012-09-26A 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.2013-11-15A photograph of a large monitor displaying a grid of video-conference tiles from multiple satsang centres. Several tiles show groups seated in meditation and prayer on mats, many with flower garlands, kalasha-like offerings and deity murti on decorated altars. Labels on tiles read SINGAPURAM, TORONTO, SAN JOSE, LOS ANGELES, OKLAHOMA, ANNA NAGAR and others. One tile shows a person seated cross-legged on a red throne-like seat beneath a mandala-style backdrop, near the bottom right. Tiles show people in saffron, red, white and green clothing.2012-09-15 +1 copies