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A photograph of a large display screen showing a grid of video-call tiles, each a live feed from a different centre, with white captions naming locations such as St. Louis Aadheenam, Los Angeles Aadheenam, Dubai Aadheenam, Ponca City Oklahoma, Juarez Mexico, Morris Plains NY, San Diego, Seattle Aadheenam, Winnipeg Canada, Wellington New Zealand and Lochana North San Antonio. Participants sit cross-legged or on chairs in ashram-style rooms with framed pictures, cushions and flower garlands; several wear white, orange or saffron clothing. In the bottom right tile a man with a red-and-gold turban and a trident-marked orange shawl sits before a red curtain.

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A screen displays a multi-panel video conference grid of meditating groups from different Aadheenam centres. Panels are labelled with place names such as St. Louis Aadheenam, Los Angeles Aadheenam, Dubai Aadheenam, Ponca City Oklahoma, Juarez Mexico, Morris Plains NY, San Diego, Montreal, St. Louis-Manchester, Seattle Aadheenam and New Zealand Aadheenam. Participants sit cross-legged on mats and cushions, some in white and saffron clothing, some wearing rudraksha malas. In one panel a figure in an orange turban and red robe appears among the group, but the screen shows him only as a depiction and the photo does not clearly establish his identity. A2015-08-08Photograph of a large display screen showing a video conference grid of many small panels, each labelled with an Aadheenam or city location such as St. Louis Aadheenam, Dubai Aadheenam, Los Angeles Aadheenam, Ponca City Oklahoma, Juarez Mexico, San Diego, Seattle Aadheenam, Winnipeg Canada and Wellington New Zealand. Groups of people sit cross-legged on cushions or sofas in living rooms, many in white or cream clothing, reciting or meditating together. In the bottom-right panel a man in an orange-red turban, orange robes, rudraksha mala and ornate gold necklace sits on a throne-like chair beside a trident-shaped ornament, labelled Self View.2015-08-08A photograph of a large video wall displaying a multi-screen grid of live feeds from several ashram locations. Tiles labelled Los Angeles Aadheenam, St. Louis-Manchester, Morris Plains NJ, Ponca City Oklahoma, Juarez Mexico, Atlanta Georgia, Wellington New Zealand, Sydney Australia and Calgary Alberta show groups of devotees sitting on mats and cushions, some in white and saffron clothing, some with white head coverings, some in group meditation or practice. The screens are dark-framed against a black background. The people on screen are shown only as images, while a few people seated in the room are partly visible at the edges.2015-08-16June 14 20152015-06-14Two wall-mounted monitors in a dark room display a video conference grid of many small live feeds from different locations. Each tile shows a group of people seated indoors in homes or centres, labelled with place names such as Los Angeles Aadheenam, St. Louis-Manchester, Morris Plains-NJ, Wellington-New Zealand, Ponca City-Oklahoma, Juarez Mexico, Atlanta, Georgia and Toronto-Canada. Some tiles show people in white and orange clothing seated before a floor cloth or meditation setting. Depicted people are on screens, not physically present, and no in-person candidate is visible.2015-08-16February 07 20162016-02-07 +1 copiesA large screen shows a video-conference grid of sixteen live feeds from different Aadheenam and ashram centres, including Phoenix Aadheenam, Dubai Paduka Mandir, Melbourne Aadheenam, Guadeloupe Aadheenam, Morris Plains New Jersey, Hyderabad Aadheenam, Seattle Aadheenam, Philadelphia and Trinidad & Tobago. Each feed shows groups of devotees seated on the floor in white clothes, many in white, some in orange or saffron, attending a satsang or group session. Some rooms have a red or purple backdrop, a framed portrait or deity murti on a shrine, and a few people sit at laptops. A video-call display label marks each location. The grid is a photograph of the screen, so the people are physical participants across many rooms, with a large total visible crowd.2016-03-06 +1 copiesJune 15 20152015-06-15 +1 copiesApril 05 20152015-04-05February 07 20162016-02-07 +2 copiesJune 14 20152015-06-14July 30 20162016-07-30 +1 copies