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A photograph of a large display screen showing a grid of video-conference feeds from multiple ashram centres, each labelled with a city name. Top row: Oklahoma Somnatham, where a seated group of about a dozen people in white and colourful clothes sits before a red and gold shrine with deity murtis; and Toronto Thirukailaya Adheenam, where a man in an orange robe sits at the front of a group on mats. Middle row includes Washington DC Sripuram, with a priest in white before a decorated shrine; Vancouver Bhuvaneshwar, a living room with a few seated people; and St. Louis Tirumala Adheenam, a close view of a woman in an orange shawl with two others. Right side shows Los Angeles Arunachala Peetam, a large group seated on red mats. Bottom row includes Hyderabad Guptakashi, a woman in a teal top and pink shawl with a rudraksha mala, and Singapore Singapuram, a group seated on a red cloth before deity figures.

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November 09 20142014-11-09May 08 20132013-05-08A multi-panel video call collage of satsang participants from several KAILASA aadheenam centres. Panels show a woman smiling in Alice Springs, Australia; a seated man in a meditation pose at Toronto Kailasham in a large hall; a group seated on red cushions in the Los Angeles Aadheenam; and a group seated on a green carpet before a shrine with red drapes at the Oklahoma Aadheenam. The Vancouver Aadheenam panel shows a woman in orange robes before a framed image of a figure in orange, and a Seattle Aadheenam panel shows a seated woman in a blue top before a framed portrait. Other panels show seated devotees in white clothing at the Ohio Aadheenam and Guadeloupe Rameshwaram, the latter with a row of people in white and several people on chairs. a person Vedic Temple Chidambaram portrait appears in one panel. Participants are shown on screen, so they are not counted as physical people in this scene.2015-04-18A photograph of a large video wall showing a grid of live two-way video conference feeds from ashram centres, each labelled with a city name in white captions. Panels include Oklahoma Somnatham, Malaysia Palani, Los Angeles Arunachala, Seattle Chidambaram, Phoenix Kanchipuram, Toronto Kailasam and Ohio Prayag. In most panels people sit cross-legged on floor mats and cushions in front of altars with deity murtis, kalasha pots, oil lamps and offering plates, several in white and saffron or orange saris. A man in a white shirt sits at the centre of the Toronto panel. The photographed screen shows several dozen small figures across panels, and the visible people are seated devotees and participants.2013-03-08November 08 20142014-11-08 +1 copiesA screen-grid photograph of a video-conference satsang split into many tiles, each showing a different group of people seated on mats, cushions or chairs in rooms with red, orange and white furnishings. Tile labels read San Jose Madurai, Toronto Kailasam, Phoenix Kanchipuram, Ohio Prayag, Oklahoma Somnatham, Ohio Center, Adyar Chennai, Seattle Chidambaram, Sharjah, Los Angeles Arunachala, Alwarpet Chennai and Nithyanandanagara Hyderabad. Several tiles show a seated man in white ritual clothing with a shaved head, and a few show people in saffron or orange garments, but no identification is made from appearance. A portrait of a figure in orange and a framed image appear in some rooms, and a brass plate with flowers sits in one tile. Overlaid screen text includes Sanskrit mantra lines and a copyright notice.2013-03-05A photograph of a video wall grid showing many simultaneous live connections to KAILASA centres, each tile captioned with a centre name such as HOUSTON KALAHASTHI, Toronto Kailasam, SEATTLE CHIDAMBARAM, Oklahoma Somnatham, NITHYANANDA NAGARAM - HYDERABAD, CHARLOTTE-SRISAILAM, Los Angeles Arunachala and PARIS HOME TEMPLE. Participants sit on mats and cushions in saffron, white, pink and purple clothing, some near altars with flowers and deity images. The bottom-right tile shows a man in saffron robes with a rudraksha mala and a long braid, seated before an ornate golden backdrop, appearing to lead the session. Other tiles show seated groups in meditation or yoga poses.2013-04-14A 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 screen shows a multi-window video-conference grid of temple and ashram locations, each labelled with a printed caption: HYDERABAD, RAMESWARAM, TORONTO KAILASAM, LOS ANGELES ARUNACHALA, SAN JOSE MADURAI, OHIO PRAYAG, OKLAHOMA SOMNATHAM and CHARLOTTE SRISAILAM. In the Rameswaram window, a row of seated devotees in white, pink and green clothes sits on a mat, one man in blue palms together, with a banana-leaf offering plate before them. In the Toronto window a bald man in a dark robe stands, and seated devotees in saffron and white sit nearby. The Oklahoma window shows a deity altar with decorated murtis and a standing figure in white. Several people are visible across the windows, mostly seated in satsang or puja settings.2013-11-16 +1 copiesOctober 12 20142014-10-12September 29 20132013-09-29November 19 20132013-11-19