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Photograph of a large monitor displaying a video-conference grid of many small panels, each showing devotees seated for a satsang session in different locations. Panels show people sitting on floors, mats, sofas and chairs in homes and centres, with handmade placards naming locations such as Houston North-West, Tucson AZ USA, Palm Springs California, St. Louis, Bangalore Whitefield, Granada Spain and New York. Some panels show altars with framed portraits and flowers, and a woman in a red-trimmed sari sits cross-legged on a red mat. Several rows of devotees fill a large hall in one panel.

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A photograph of a large screen showing a grid of video-call tiles from satsang participants in multiple locations. Tiles include a yellow-and-orange sign reading Granada Spain, a room in Houston North-West with a man in blue kurta beside a woman in red sari, a Washington D.C. Sripuram tile with a man in blue sitting before a framed photo, a Bangalore tile with two women in white saris, a Palm Springs California tile with a woman in dark top, a Guadeloupe tile with seated devotees, a Istanbul Turkey tile with a woman in white praying hands together, and a Chennai Mahalingapuram tile with a man in blue shirt beside a woman in yellow sari. The bottom-right tile shows a figure seated on a red throne with a crescent-moon backdrop, a person depiction on screen. Participants sit on floors and sofas with flowers and lamps visible.2012-09-15A photograph of a large wall-mounted monitor showing a grid of video-call tiles from many locations, each showing small groups seated in homes or centres. Signs read Bangalore Whitefield, New York Varnasi, Washington DC Sripuram, Houston North-West, Madrid Spain, Granada Spain, Singapuram, St. Louis Thirumalai, Tucson AZ USA and Turkey. Several participants wear white, yellow or saffron clothes, and some sit before shrines and framed deity pictures.2012-09-13August 26 20122012-08-26September 13 20122012-09-13A photograph of a large monitor displaying a video conference grid of many small live feeds from different locations, each labelled with a place name. Feeds show groups of people seated in homes and centres: a woman in orange and a man in white at a table with flowers, a group in white seated on the floor, a man in an orange shawl in Bengaluru North, and a bald man in white with a mala and a woman in white with a mala in Port Washington NY. Labels include Singapore Singapuram, San Diego Tsru Alavi, New York Varanasi, Bengaluru North, Port Washington NY and Sri Julien Pranam. Visible people in the screens are part of the feeds, not physical people in the room.2013-04-14August 26 20122012-08-26 +1 copiesApril 14 20132013-04-14October 20 20122012-10-20January 22 20132013-01-22A photograph of a large video-conference screen showing a grid of satsang participants in separate home settings. A man in a purple shirt sits with hands pressed together beside a woman in green, near an orange-and-gold deity image. A woman in an orange sari and rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a sofa beside a red-and-white tray. A man in a white shirt and a woman in a bright pink top sit with palms joined before a shrine. A man in a green embroidered shirt with a flower garland sits by a sign reading "PALM SPRINGS CALIFORNIA". Other tiles show a sign reading "HOUSTON NORTH-WEST", a sign reading "WESTON FLORIDA", and a sign reading "MILL VALLEY" beside a small shrine with flowers. A woman in a blue top sits in meditation in the lower right. Several bottom tiles show a shrine with brass deity murtis and a sign reading "TORONTO KAILASA". Some participants are not fully visible.2012-09-04A photograph of a large video-conference screen split into a grid of live feeds from multiple centres. Tiles labelled Houston Kalamasthi, Charlotte Srisailam, Los Angeles Arunachala, Sharjah, Kuala Lumpur Palani, Toronto Kailasam, San Jose Madurai and Chidambaram show people seated on mats and sofas in ashram-style rooms, several in orange or saffron robes and white clothing. One tile shows a figure in orange robes with a kumkum mark seated before a deity altar. A figure in a dark robe stands in the Toronto tile. The feeds show satsang and Nayana Deeksha sessions, with a shrine and framed portraits visible in several rooms. Physical people are counted from the feeds only, as the screen itself displays them.2013-11-15A photograph of a large video-conference screen showing a grid of nine live feeds of groups seated in home living rooms and meditation spaces. Name-card labels read St. Louis Tirumala, Scottsdale Arizona, Paris Kalighat, Washington D.C. Sripuram, New Jersey, New York Varanasi, Charlotte, and Vancouver. Participants sit cross-legged on mats or sit on sofas, many in white or light clothing with rudraksha malas, some with framed portraits and flowers on small altars. The bottom-right panel shows a figure with swept-back hair, saffron and orange garments and a rudraksha mala seated before a golden arched backdrop; the figure is shown on screen and their identity is uncertain from appearance alone.2012-08-27