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A photograph of monitors set up at an event, showing a live video feed. On the left screen, a man with a shaved head wearing an orange robe and a rudraksha mala sits in front of an ornate golden throne, with a sculpted golden backdrop. The right monitor is split into several video windows showing groups of people in home settings: one with a New York Varanasi banner, one with a St. Louis Tirumala sign, one with an OHIO PRAYAG banner, and a window showing a man in an orange robe seated on a golden throne. Mats and yoga props are visible at the top of the frame, with a tripod and a small plastic container on the desk.

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A photograph of two large monitors on an orange-draped table in a hall with white draped ceiling fabric and ceiling fans. The right monitor shows a grid of video-conference tiles of seated groups of devotees in white clothes, with labels such as HOUSTON, TORONTO, OHIO and GUADELUPE visible. On the right tile, a figure in saffron/orange robes sits on a cream ornate throne and raises one hand, a probable Swamiji by cues of long swept-back hair and saffron clothing. The left monitor shows a similar grid of remote groups, including another saffron-clad figure on a throne. Video cameras sit on tripods in the foreground. The physical people count is zero as the seated devotees appear only on screens.2011-02-26February 26 20132013-02-26 +1 copiesDark room with several large video monitors displaying a live multi-site video conference. The largest screen shows a grid of small video feeds of groups of devotees seated in rooms, with labels such as SEATTLE SATSANG, SINGAPURAM and NEW JERSEY, and a bearded man in saffron robes with rudraksha and a gold necklace seated bottom right in one feed. Two side monitors show a text slide and more grid feeds. Orange and striped drapery hangs from the ceiling and cables sit on a red cloth on the floor.2013-01-12February 27 20112011-02-27 +1 copiesA photograph of several monitors on an orange cloth-covered table, showing a live multi-location video session. The large Philips monitor on the right displays a grid of tiles with groups of people seated on mats in meditation and pranayama postures, some in white and some in colourful saris and kurtas, with labelled locations such as Singapore, Toronto and Ohio. A smaller monitor on the left shows a group of seated participants in a red-curtained hall, with a man in light blue kurta seated in front. Out of focus in the background, audience members sit in a hall.2011-01-22A photograph of two large flat-screen monitors on an orange cloth-draped table in a hall with a white draped ceiling, ceiling fans and video cameras on stands. The screens show multi-panel video-conference grids of devotees seated in rows in various rooms, with location labels such as Guadeloupe, Houston, Toronto and Ohio. In the lower right panel of each screen, a figure in saffron/orange robes with long swept-back hair sits in an ornate cream-and-blue chair holding a microphone and raising one hand. The people in the room are not visible; the only people shown are on the screens.2011-02-26September 13 20122012-09-13A photograph of two monitors on an orange-draped table showing a multi-panel video link of satsang centres. The left screen shows Dubai with a turbaned man in orange and devotees seated on the floor, and Dallas and Atlanta panels with seated devotees and a figure on a golden throne. The right screen shows Ohio with a flag, Houston with a seated group, and a panel with a figure in orange against a golden backdrop. Dark audience silhouettes are visible behind the screens, with cables and a small black device on the table.2011-02-27A photograph of two monitors on a table draped with an orange cloth, showing a live session. The left screen shows a room with people seated on mats in front of a shrine with pink and colourful backdrops; a man in a white shirt sits near the centre. The right screen shows a group seated on the floor in front of a blue and white banner, with a woman in white at centre and a woman in orange clothing beside her. A third screen at the top right shows a grid of people. In the foreground are small black speakers, a silver digital clock and cables. The people appear only on the displays, so no physical people are visible in the room itself.2011-01-21February 03 20132013-02-03A photograph of several flat-screen monitors on a table draped with rust-orange cloth, showing a live video link to satsang participants in different locations. The central monitor shows a large group of people seated on the floor in white clothes, some with pale kurtas, with a red backdrop, deity murti and decorative floral arrangements. The left monitor shows a group of seated participants, including a woman in orange and a man in grey. The right monitor shows a tiled grid of participants, with a label reading SINGAPORE in red.2011-01-23Photograph of two large monitors on red-draped tables showing a live multi-site video link. Screens are split into tiles: on the right monitor, a tile labelled UK shows people seated and a tile labelled SINGAPORE shows seated devotees in white and orange; a tile labelled KULIM MALAYSIA shows rows of seated participants in white, and a tile labelled GUADELOUPE CENTRE shows people sitting on a floor. In the right-hand screen corners, a figure in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a swept-back hairstyle sits on an ornate gold-and-red throne, with a microphone before him; a similar figure sits on a gold throne in the left monitor's lower tile. Other left tiles show deity shrines with garlanded images and lit lamps. A camera sits atop the left side of the scene and a ceiling fan is visible above.2011-08-08 +2 copies