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A photograph of a multi-panel video wall showing a live online session. The largest central panel shows a man seated on a red-cushioned throne decorated with yellow marigold garlands and pink flowers, wearing an orange saffron robe and a long rudraksha mala, a person depicted on screen. Surrounding panels show groups of participants seated on floor mats and chairs in different locations, including a room with a sign reading New York Varanasi and another labelled Vancouver Puri. Several participants wear white, pink and dark clothing.

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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.2011-11-05A large video wall displays a grid of live-link screens showing groups of devotees seated on mats and rugs in various locations. Printed placards read "NEW YORK VARANASI", "SOMNATH OKLAHOMA", "CALGARY AMARNATH", "TUCSON", "VANCOUVER PURI" and "CHARLOTTE SRISAILAM". The bottom-right panel shows a figure seated in meditation on a golden throne decorated with marigold garlands, wearing an orange robe, rudraksha mala and a mala necklace, with hands in a mudra. The screens are shown in a photograph taken of the display. Overall the scene shows a multi-location satsang broadcast.2011-11-05November 06 20112011-11-06A large screen showing a video-conference grid of multiple remote groups practising together. Panels show groups seated on mats and chairs in different rooms: a group in a white-walled room labelled Charlotte Ashram, a group in orange and pink clothing, a group seated on a rug labelled New York Nithyananda Dhyanapeetham Sanatana-area signage, a group in green and red in Calgary Ashram, and a panel labelled Tucson. In the lower right panel a bare-chested man with a red cloth draped over his shoulder and beaded necklaces sits with a garland, appearing to receive a flower from a woman.2011-11-06November 06 20112011-11-06November 06 20112011-11-06November 06 20112011-11-06October 07 20122012-10-07 +1 copiesA photograph of a large monitor showing a multi-window video conference satsang. Six tiles show remote sites: a hall with a seated crowd in orange and white, a man in white sitting before a chair and a sign reading ST.Louis Tirumal, a woman in white seated on a mat near a shrine, a row of seated people in front of an orange wall labelled VANCOUVER PURI, and a man in a blue shirt beside a sign reading GUADELOUPE. The largest bottom-right tile shows a man with a tilak, rudraksha mala and yellow-gold beaded necklace, wearing orange, seated on a red patterned throne-like backdrop with a halo outline.2012-09-26November 16 20112011-11-16November 06 20112011-11-06A video conference screen split into four panels shows satsang participants in different locations. The top-left panel shows a group seated on a patterned carpet beside a sign reading "NEW YORK VARANASI", with a shrine holding deity images and framed pictures. A man in a yellow kurta sits at left, a woman in an orange and red sari sits centre, and a man in a white kurta sits right. The top-right panel shows people seated on red chairs and a cushion, including a man in a white shirt in the foreground and women in dark tops, with a large orange-robed portrait of a smiling figure in a turban at upper right. The bottom panels show seated devotees in homes with bookshelves and shrines, including a man in a white kurta and a bald man in white. The screen shows a photographed video feed of a satsang with around 15 physical people visible across the screen.2012-04-21