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A multi-panel collage of video-conference screens showing yoga and meditation sessions at several centres, each labelled on a placard: St. Louis, Atlanta Ujjain, Toronto Kailasam, Houston Kailasam and St. Louis Trinity. Participants in casual and salwar-style clothing sit on mats, cushions and chairs in home or hall settings, some with flowers, a red curtain and altar elements. In the lower right panel, a bald man in a white sleeveless top and green trousers with a pendant necklace sits on a cushion before a red-and-gold backdrop, one hand raised near his nose. Because the image is a collage of screens, the people shown are on displays and are not physically present.

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November 26 20112011-11-26December 11 20112011-12-11December 03 20112011-12-03December 10 20112011-12-10December 27 20112011-12-27A photograph of a large wall-mounted video display showing a nine-panel video call grid of devotees seated in home shrine rooms in different cities. Labels include ATLANTA UJJAIN, PHILADELPHIA, HOUSTON KALAHASTHI, DALLAS DHARAKA, PORT WASHINGTON NEW YORK, VICTORIA AUSTRALIA and VANCOUVER PURI. Participants sit on mats and cushions before altars with flowers, fruit plates, deity pictures and oil lamps. In the bottom-right panel a bald man in an orange garment with beaded necklace appears on screen, and the grid includes a shaved-head man in white with rudraksha beads in the Victoria panel. Eight to ten physical people are visible across the rooms.2011-11-20A multi-panel video-conference screen grid showing groups of seated participants in different rooms, each labelled with a handwritten sign such as HOUSTON KALAHASTHI, ATLANTA UJJAIN, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK VARANASI, OHIO PRAYAG, SREEPURAM WASHINGTON D.C., and DALLAS DWARAKA. In the lower right panel a bald man in a saffron-orange robe with a long rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a gold-and-cream ornate throne flanked by flower vases, appearing to address the groups; he is shown on a screen, not physically present. Participants wear saris, kurtas and casual clothes, some sitting on mats and cushions, with flowers and a red-and-gold cloth visible in a few rooms.2011-09-10A screen displays a nine-panel video call grid of devotees meeting in different homes. Panels are labelled ATLANTA UJJAIN, PORT WASHINGTON NEW YORK, HOUSTON KALAHASTHI, DALLAS SRIRANGAM, VICTORIA AUSTRALIA and PURI, with people seated on mats in white and orange clothing, many in prayer posture around flower offerings, plates and framed deity pictures. In the bottom right panel a bald man in orange robes and rudraksha mala sits in meditation on an orange mat, shown as a depicted image beside a statue-like figure.2011-11-20A screen displaying a multi-panel video conference collage of satsang groups from different centres. Panels show small groups seated in homes and rooms: Greensboro North Carolina, Atlanta Ujjain, Calgary Amarnath, Charlotte Srinivasam, Toronto Kailash and Dallas Dwarka captions appear on the panels. Several participants wear white, saffron and blue clothing. In the bottom right panel, a man in saffron robes and a rudraksha mala sits on an ornate golden throne flanked by brass lamps, with a carved arch behind him, and appears to be the central speaker. The arrangement is a graphic composite of separate video feeds, with no physical people in the room photographed directly.2011-11-11A multi-window video conference grid of meditating participants at different centres, each in a separate tile. Top left: people sit on a red and white rug beside a sign reading GUADELOUPE, with a framed deity picture and flowers. Top right: a shirtless man in white sits before a shrine of murtis under a sign reading VICTORIA AUSTRALIA. Middle row: a seated group at ATLANTA UJJAIN, a woman in a pink shawl at NEW YORK, and two people in blue and white sitting on mats under a CHARLOTTE-SRISHILAM sign. Lower left: a group at BENGALURU with a person in an orange top. Centre bottom: a woman in blue and a woman in white meditate before colourful murtis. People are seen on screens, so the physical count is zero.2011-11-29January 20 20132013-01-20 +2 copiesA photograph of a video wall grid showing many simultaneous live connections to KAILASA centres, each tile captioned with a centre name such as HOUSTON KALAHASTHI, Toronto Kailasam, SEATTLE CHIDAMBARAM, Oklahoma Somnatham, NITHYANANDA NAGARAM - HYDERABAD, CHARLOTTE-SRISAILAM, Los Angeles Arunachala and PARIS HOME TEMPLE. Participants sit on mats and cushions in saffron, white, pink and purple clothing, some near altars with flowers and deity images. The bottom-right tile shows a man in saffron robes with a rudraksha mala and a long braid, seated before an ornate golden backdrop, appearing to lead the session. Other tiles show seated groups in meditation or yoga poses.2013-04-14