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A photograph of a large screen showing a multi-panel video conference collage of group sessions at several centres. Top left, a Singapuram room with people on yellow mats, one seated on a red cushion. Top right, a Seattle Chidambaram panel with people in white and blue clothing and a figure in an orange robe at the front. Middle row, panels labelled with a red-clad figure, a group in white on a striped rug, and a Calgary panel where a figure in an orange shawl stands on a red mat. Bottom row shows a room with deity murti and a purple curtain with a flower vase. Several people are visible across the panels, and the image is a screen capture of a live link.

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September 10 20112011-09-10September 10 20112011-09-10September 10 20112011-09-10A large display screen shows a multi-panel video-conference grid of group yoga sessions in different locations. Each panel shows people standing on colourful yoga mats in white or light clothing, some in saffron, green or orange outfits, with sign labels reading SEATTLE CHIDAMBARAM, CALGARY, PURI JAGANNATH VANCOUVER and PM SINGAPURAM, and a bottom-right panel of a single instructor in white standing on a mat. The screen is the only subject of the image, while the people in it are shown on screens rather than physically present, so no physical people are counted; the centre panel shows a figure in white and grey, and the dominant display is a group yoga practice. Another panel shows a figure in white near a red-and-gold seated arrangement.2011-09-10September 10 20112011-09-10A photograph of a large screen showing a grid of live video feeds from multiple ashram centres. Top row: a Los Angeles Arunachal feed with devotees in white and yellow garments near a shrine, and a Singapuram feed with devotees in white and orange performing prostrations on a floor with a small brass offering plate. Middle row: a San Jose Madurai feed with a figure in yellow and white garments on a striped mat, a Seattle Chidambaram feed with devotees in white bowing before offerings, and an Ohio Prayag feed with a figure in white bending on a striped mat. Bottom row: a feed of seated devotees in a room with a woman in a dark shawl, and two feeds showing a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala bending and a second figure in orange with a rudraksha mala standing before a white statue.2011-11-07A screen displaying a multi-panel collage of video-call style photographs of satsang and puja gatherings from several centres, each panel labelled with a place name. Top left, a panel labelled "PHOENIX KANCHIPURAM" shows a woman in red sitting before a decorated altar and a man in white seated beside her. Top right, a panel labelled "Seattle Chidambaram" shows a woman in orange seated on a red and gold cushioned mat. Middle left, two people in orange garments and rudraksha-style beaded necklaces sit on an orange sofa. Centre, a panel labelled "Calgary Amarnath" shows a woman in a red shawl on a grey sofa. Middle right, a panel labelled "SINGAPORE SINGAPURAM" shows a large group of seated devotees, many in orange and saffron garments with garlands. Bottom left, a panel labelled "WASHINGTON DC SRIPURAM" shows a woman in blue seated before a deity murti and colourful decorations. Bottom right shows a blurred group of people in a room.2014-08-16A photograph of a monitor displaying a multi-panel video call of meditation and training sessions across several centres. Top-left panel labelled SINGAPURAM shows seated participants on mats, some in white and some in saffron-coloured clothing. Top-centre panel shows a shrine with deity murtis, a kalasha-like arrangement and devotees sitting on colourful mats. Top-right panel labelled SEATTLE and CHIDAMBARAM shows a group in white and blue clothes sitting on a red-and-blue mat in front of a saffron flag. Bottom-left panel shows a seated group in white. Bottom-centre panel shows a woman with dark hair in a green top sitting on a sofa. Bottom-right panel shows a bald man in a white sleeveless top with a mala necklace sitting cross-legged in meditation. No one is identifiable as a person.2011-12-10A video-conference screen shows a grid of live feeds from multiple a person centres, with location labels such as Seattle Chidambaram, Yananda Nagaram Hyderabad, Sharjah, Oklahoma Somnatham, Malaysia Palani, Phoenix Kanchipuram, Ohio Prayag, Toronto Kailasam and Los Angeles Arunachala. Participants sit on mats and cushions in meditation or satsang postures, some in white and some in saffron or orange clothing. In the Phoenix feed, a figure in orange sits at the front of the hall. Several rooms have deity murti, flower offerings and a kalasha. In the Sharjah feed, a portrait on the wall shows a figure in an orange turban beside a seated man in white. The screen is seen from the front in an office or hall setting.2013-04-13Photograph of a large Philips monitor showing a nine-panel video grid of simultaneous satsang or puja sessions from different centres. Panels show devotees in white and saffron clothes seated or kneeling on striped mats before decorated shrines with deity murtis, garlands and red and gold drapery. Labels read TORONTO KAILASAM, MALAYSIA PALANI, SAN JOSE, SEATTLE CHIDAMBARAM, SINGAPURAM and OHIO PRAYAG. The bottom-right panel shows a bald man in saffron robes and a rudraksha mala with arms raised overhead, and a bespectacled man in saffron clothes raising his arms in the adjacent panel.2011-11-18December 27 20112011-12-27September 28 20122012-09-28