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A multi-panel video-conference screen shows several remote sites joined to one session. Top left, a panel labelled "Nithyananda University -Los Angeles" shows a room with orange-red chairs, where a shaved-headed man in white sits on the floor near a woman in dark clothing. Top right, a panel labelled "Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam Hosur" shows a seated audience of men in white and coloured shirts. Middle left, a panel labelled "Petaling Jaya-Malaysia" shows rows of seated women in sarees and men. Centre, a panel labelled "Srilanka" shows people on sofas. Middle right, a panel shows two people seated on a red mat in front of a temple shrine. Bottom right, a larger panel shows a figure in a pink chair wearing a gold necklace and an orange-pink garment, speaking into a microphone, with a red background. Bottom left, a woman with dark hair and a red bindi appears in a small panel.

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October 20 20122012-10-20January 06 20142014-01-06 +1 copiesA large screen shows a grid of video-call tiles for a satsang, with labelled windows reading Malaysia Palani, Toronto Kailasam, Phoenix Kanchipuram, Los Angeles Arunachala, San Jose Madurai, Ohio Center and Seattle Chidambaram. Tiles show people seated on mats performing puja with oil lamps, a brass thali, flowers and kalasha-like vessels, and a man in white and orange seated before a red-draped altar. In the bottom-right tile a man with long hair, saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits before a gold-decorated backdrop, the screen content being the satsang broadcast. The photograph is of the screen, so the people on it are not physically present.2013-04-09A 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 copiesNovember 09 20142014-11-09 +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.2013-11-15A flat-screen monitor displays a multi-window video call of several ashram locations, photographed at an angle in a dark room. Top left panel shows a hall labelled "LOS ANGELES ARUNACHALA" with people seated on mats before decorated deity shrines. Middle left panel shows a temple labelled "TORONTO KAILASAM" with a woman in white and a few seated devotees near an altar of deity murtis. Middle centre panel shows a seated figure in white in a red-draped room beside a framed photograph, and a row of seated devotees appears at right. Bottom left panel shows a room labelled "KAJANG MALAYSIA" with people seated on a sofa and floor in orange and white. Bottom right panel shows a figure in an ornate gilded chair wearing saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala, with long dark hair.2012-06-20 +1 copiesA photograph of a large video wall grid showing a live multi-location satsang session, with a dozen video tiles of devotees seated in various ashram rooms and outdoor settings. Tile labels read Los Angeles Aadheenam, Singapore Aadheenam, New Delhi, Slovakia-Koshiza, Kajang Malaysia, Jorpati Nepal, Hyderabad Aadheenam, Mumbai-Paripoornananda, Copenhagen-Denmark, Bratislava-Slovakia, Duchesneau, and Self View. In the bottom-right tile, a man in a saffron-orange robe and red turban sits on a golden throne with one hand raised, and a rudraksha mala is visible; this is a screen image, not a physical person. Devotees in white and pastel clothing sit in the other tiles.2015-08-22February 10 20152015-02-10Photo 11742442 +1 copiesA screen-capture grid of a video satsang with multiple live-feed panels from different ashram locations. Top left, Kuala Lumpur Aadheenam shows a deity murti on a purple-draped altar with a purple cloth backdrop and several people seated on the floor. Top right, Los Angeles Aadheenam shows two people in orange robes seated on the floor beside chairs, with a woman in white. Middle left shows a living room with a sofa and a pink table, empty of people. Center shows a woman with tilak and a bead mala labelled PHOENIX Kanchipuram, beside a person in orange. Middle right, Toronto-Kailash shows people in orange robes seated on mats. Bottom left shows a bald man in white seated on a floor labelled Guadeloupe Aadheenam. Bottom center shows a person in orange with a rudraksha mala labelled Muktha-Seattle, with a Seattle, WA caption above. Bottom right shows a smiling woman in a black hat and red-orange robes labelled Self View. Several panels are live video feeds of participants.2016-01-27February 10 20152015-02-10