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A photograph of a large screen displaying a grid of video-call panels from multiple KAILASA centres, each labelled with a city name such as New York Varanasi, Los Angeles Arunachala, Toronto Kailasam, Singapore Singapuram, Atlanta Ujjaini, Seattle Chidambaram, Oklahoma Somnatham and Houston Kalahasthi. Participants in white and saffron clothing, many wearing face masks, sit cross-legged on rugs and cushions during a group meditation session. Some panels show deity altars with red drapes and decorations.

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April 06 20132013-04-06A 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 photograph of a large screen displaying a grid of live video feeds from multiple satsang locations, each labelled with a place name such as Oklahoma Somnatham, Charlotte-Srisailam, San Jose Madurai, New York Varanasi, Toronto Kailasam, Atlanta Ujjaini, Ohio Prayag, Seattle Chidambaram, Singapore Singapuram and Phoenix Kanchipuram. Small groups of devotees sit on mats and rugs in ashram-style rooms, some with deity murti and decorated shrines in the background, and a few are seated in chairs.2013-04-07October 26 20132013-10-26May 29 20122012-05-29April 06 20132013-04-06A multi-panel collage of video-link screens showing simultaneous ritual gatherings across several centres. Top left, labelled Los Angeles Arunachala, shows several people in white and orange seated on red mats in a hall, with a few brass vessels before them. Top centre, labelled San Jose Madurai, shows a seated man in a blue shirt and a woman in a red saree in a living room. Middle row, Seattle Chidambaram, shows a man in white pouring liquid into a brass bowl; Charlotte Srisailam shows two people in white seated before a shrine with a deity image and a tray of fruit; Houston Kalahasthi shows two men seated on a rug before a low table. Bottom row includes Ohio Pinyag, where a woman in orange sits before a lit fire pit, and Oman Sivagangai, where several people in white sit before an ornate decorated deity altar. The collage itself is a graphic of screens; the people shown are on screens, not physically present.2013-07-20A 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 copiesA photograph of a video-conference wall showing a grid of nine live feeds from different centres, each with a printed place label. Top left shows a seated group labelled LOS ANGELES ARUNACHALA. Top centre shows several people seated in front of deity murtis labelled SEATTLE CHIDAMBARAM. Top right shows a seated group labelled SAN JOSE MADURAI. Middle left shows a single person seated on a mat labelled Phoenix Kanchipuram. Middle centre shows seated devotees labelled TORONTO KAILASAM. Middle right shows seated people labelled SINGAPURAM. Bottom row includes a feed labelled HYDERABAD BHAGAVANAGAR and, bottom right, a man in saffron and white seated on a golden throne with a garland, wearing a rudraksha mala, who appears to be the speaker. Shrines with deity murtis, garlands and red drapes fill the backgrounds.2012-05-31March 08 20132013-03-08 +1 copiesA photograph of a large video-wall screen showing a grid of live video-conference feeds for a satsang, with a cinema-like frame and a grey wall around it. Each tile is labelled with a city-and-temple name, including Houston Kalashasthi, Charlotte Srisailam, Los Angeles Arunachala, Ohio Prayag, San Jose Madurai, Sharjah, Oklahoma Somanatham, Toronto Kailasam, Kuala Lumpur Palani and Seattle Chidambaram. Participants sit on mats and cushions in ashram-style rooms; some wear saffron and orange robes, others white, and several have shaved or covered heads. One Toronto tile shows a man in dark robes and a head covering seated by a small offering. Altars with deity murtis, orange drapes and a large framed portrait appear in several tiles. The screen shows people only on screens, so no physical participants are in the photographed room; the feeds show seated devotees in groups.2013-11-15May 08 20132013-05-08