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A screen photographed showing a grid of video-call tiles from a remote satsang session, each tile a different centre. Tiles show small groups seated on floors and mats in rooms with shrines, labelled Temple City CA, Scarborough Canada, Ohio-Prayag, Oklahoma Somnatham, Slovakia Shivaloka, Kuala Lumpur Palani, Coimbatore, Guadeloupe-Rameshwaram, Hongkong-Sirkazhi and Jorpati Nepal. In the Coimbatore tile a woman wears a white tilak and red beaded mala, and men in white dhotis sit with folded hands. In the Guadeloupe tile men in white kurtas sit before a brass plate of offerings. No single a person candidate is clearly identifiable among the tiles.

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October 12 20142014-10-12 +1 copiesA graphic collage of nine video-call panels showing devotees joining a satsang or darshan session. Each panel is labelled with a location caption: London Kashi, Oklahoma Somanatham, Slovakia Shivaloka, Kuala Lumpur Palani, Coimbatore, High Point NC, Hongkong-Sirkazhi and Jorpati Nepal. Panels show seated participants in white and orange clothing, some with garlands, in front of altars with deity murtis and framed pictures, one with a kalasha-like arrangement. Several people press palms together in namaskar.2014-10-12May 08 20132013-05-08May 03 20132013-05-03November 16 20132013-11-16 +1 copiesSeptember 27 20142014-09-27 +1 copiesA video wall of nine live-feed panels showing devotees seated in meditation or satsang at centres in different locations. Top left panel shows a room with a framed picture and flowers; top centre shows people seated on mats near a small altar; middle left shows a shrine with deity images and people on white cloth; middle centre shows participants in white and blue on mats with a sign reading "SOMNATH OKLAHOMA"; middle right shows a woman in a pale top seated on a red cushion beside a sign reading "CALGARY AMARNATH" and an orange-draped chair; bottom left shows a group in white and dark clothing seated on mats with a sign "VANCOUVER PURI"; bottom centre shows a woman with blonde hair before a white banner reading "SLOVAKIA"; bottom right shows seated participants near a sign reading "TUCSON". No one is identifiable as a person in the frame, and the chair in the middle right panel is empty.2011-11-05Photo 11689736September 28 20142014-09-28 +1 copiesA photograph of a screen showing a grid of live video-conference feeds from several satsang locations. Labelled tiles include Toronto Kailasam, Guadeloupe Rameshwaram, Seattle Chidambaram, Nithyananda Nagaram Hyderabad, Ohio Prayag, Kuala Lumpur Palani and Los Angeles Arunachalam. Several people sit cross-legged on the floor in orange and white clothing, some with shaved heads. In the Toronto tile a shirtless man stands in front of a seated group, while in the Palani tile people in orange robes sit before a shrine with deity murtis and a pink cloth. A portrait-like figure on screen is not counted. The Ohio tile shows altars and framed deity images behind seated devotees.2014-03-06August 16 20132013-08-16April 09 20132013-04-09