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A large wall screen shows a video-conference grid of about fifteen tiles, each a remote satsang location labelled with city names such as Kuala Lumpur Palani Adheenam, Los Angeles Arunachala Peetam, St. Louis Tirumala Adheenam, Toronto Thirumalai Adheenam, San Jose Madurai, Melbourne Tiruvarur, Oman Sivagangai and Redmond USA. Tiles show people seated on rugs, on a peetha and in ashram rooms, some in saffron and maroon robes, one in a white shirt wearing a headset, and a central figure in a red-and-white outfit seated before a green backdrop. Shrines with deity murtis appear in several tiles. Attendees are seen only through the screen.

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February 24 20152015-02-24February 10 20152015-02-10A 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.2013-04-09November 10 20152015-11-10A photograph of a large video wall showing a grid of live video feeds from multiple ashram centres, labelled with place names such as Kuala Lumpur Aadheenam, Toronto Aadheenam, Redmond WA, Oman Aadheenam, Dublin Ohio, Phoenix Kanchipuram, Vancouver Bhuvaneshwar, Seattle Aadheenam, Oklahoma Somanatham, San Jose Madurai and St. Louis Aadhinam. Participants in white and saffron clothes sit on mats, meditate or perform yoga postures in temple-style rooms with deity murtis, oil lamps, purple drapes and floral decorations. One feed shows a woman with white forehead markings and a red bindi close to the camera, while a man in a headset speaks in a Redmond WA box. No one in the physical room is shown except the viewers of the screen.2015-11-10A large screen displays a video-conference grid of many live feeds from different centres, each labelled with a place name such as Toronto Kailasam, Seattle Chidambaram, Oklahoma Somnatham, San Jose Madurai, Sharjah, Ohio Prayag, Kuala Lumpur-Palani, Singapore Sivaganga and Los Angeles Ayuda Nagaram. Inside the panels, people sit on mats around decorated puja tables with offerings, flowers and oil lamps, some in saffron and red clothing, while others stand or sit in a satsang-style gathering. A small framed portrait on one panel shows a smiling saffron-robed figure, identified only by its caption.2013-05-03February 21 20162016-02-21 +1 copiesA photograph of a large video wall displaying a grid of live video feeds from different centres, showing devotees gathered in temples and halls for a satsang. Panels show people sitting on mats and cushions in white, red and yellow clothing, a woman in a red and orange sari at a lectern, a shaved-headed man in yellow robes seated before a red cushion in a Seattle hall, and a shrine with red drapes and deity murti. Small signs read Seattle, Kulim Malaysia, Oklahoma and San Jose Madurai. The bottom right panel shows a large ornate image of Shiva with a tilak, adorned with rudraksha and gold-coloured decoration.2013-02-22 +1 copiesA large display screen shows a multi-panel collage of photographs from several KAILASA centres, with place labels in white and black text. Top left, a labelled panel reads "SAN JOSE MADURAI" and shows an empty room with a seated figure in white on a mat. Top right, a panel reads "KUALA LUMPUR PALANI ADHEENAM" and shows a shrine with an orange cloth, flowers and a deity murti, with seated devotees in white. Middle left, "TORONTO THIRUKAILAYA ADHEENAM" shows seated devotees in white on mats around a figure in orange. Centre, a room with seated people in white and a bowl on a table. Right, "Los Angeles Arunachala Peetam" shows people in orange and red robes seated on the floor. Bottom left, "NITHYANANDA NAGARAM HYDERABAD PEETAM" shows figures in orange and white robes with rudraksha malas. Bottom centre, "SINGAPORE SINGAPURAM" shows devotees before a shrine with deity murtis and a flag. Bottom right shows people seated in a room. Partly visible at the right edge is a carved stone face.2014-11-30October 26 20132013-10-26February 10 20152015-02-10December 30 20112011-12-30