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A photograph of a wall-mounted video display showing a multi-panel collage of live video feeds from several centres. Panels show groups of people seated on cushions and mats in front of decorated altars with flowers, garlands and deity images. Labels read SEATTLE CHIDAMBARAM, SAN JOSE MADURAI, OHIO PRAYAG, PHOENIX KANCHEEPURAM and GUADELOUPE. In the lower right panel a figure with long dark hair wears a green and gold garment and sits on a gold-framed throne before a golden deity arch decorated with marigold garlands. Physical people visible in the room photographing the screen are not counted.

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November 08 20112011-11-08October 31 20112011-10-31October 29 20112011-10-29October 30 20112011-10-30November 12 20112011-11-12A 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.2011-10-10May 27 20122012-05-27November 08 20112011-11-08May 29 20122012-05-29A 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.2011-10-31A photograph of a Philips monitor showing a multi-panel video conference grid of satsang locations, each tile labelled with a place name such as TORONTO KAILASAM, MALAYSIA PALANI, SEATTLE CHIDAMBARAM, SINGAPURAM, OHIO PRAYAG and a tile labelled with a Bangalore-style centre name. Each tile shows people seated on mats and floor cushions before decorated deity murti, gold arches, kalasha-like altars, flower garlands and lamps. In the bottom-right tile, two men in saffron/orange robes sit at a plant-filled room; the man on the left wears a rudraksha mala and sits with his hand near his face, while the man on the right sits in orange clothing with a hand raised to his chin. Several tiles show dozens of seated participants in saffron, white and purple clothes, indicating a large remote gathering.2011-11-18A nine-panel video-conference collage displayed on a screen, each panel showing a different centre where people sit in meditation or satsang. Panels are labelled with signs such as "SAN JOSE MADURAI", "OHIO PRAYAG", "NEW YORK VARANASI", "SINGAPURAM", "PHOENIX ANCHEEPURAM" and "VICTORIA AUSTRALIA". Participants wear white, pink and saffron clothing and sit on mats before decorated deity murti altars with garlands and drapes. Other panels show a seated man in a white tank top meditating before a small altar, and women in saris seated in rows.2011-10-30