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A screen shows a multi-panel video-conference grid of satsang gatherings in several cities. Panels include a temple with orange drapery and deity murtis labelled "OKLAHOMA SOMNATHAM", a shrine labelled "SAN JOSE MADURAI", a room with a red-clad priest labelled "SEATTLE CHIDAMBARAM", a hall with seated devotees in saffron and white, a room labelled "Phoenix Ranchipuram", and a group labelled "VANCOUVER PURI" holding a handwritten sign. Participants sit on mats with oil lamps and offerings in front of them. The bottom-right panel shows a man with a shaved head and tilak, wearing a saffron-orange garment and gold necklace, seated on a golden throne; he is shown on a screen, so he is a depiction and the identity is a person by appearance cues of ornate gold necklace and saffron clothing.

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May 29 20122012-05-29July 10 20122012-07-10A photograph of a large screen displaying a grid of live video feeds from multiple centres, showing groups seated in ceremonial settings with deity altars, red and orange drapery, flower garlands and oil lamps. Several feeds have handwritten placards naming locations such as Seattle Chidambaram, Oklahoma Somnatham and Toronto Ashram. In the bottom-right feed, a bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold necklace sits before a red arched backdrop, which may be a person displayed on the screen.2012-10-17A grid of nine video-conference panels screenshotted from a large screen, each showing a separate ashram or centre group during a shared puja. Labelled panels include Phoenix Kanchipuram, Malaysia Ipoh, Seattle Chidambaram, Toronto Kailasa, San Jose Madurai, Los Angeles Avadham, and Dakota Dunes. Groups sit on mats in front of decorated deity murtis, shrines with garlands, kumkum and flower offerings, and brass puja plates. A man in a light blue shirt presses his palms together before a framed portrait on a stand in the lower right panel, and a red throne with a portrait and flowers appears in the same panel. Participants wear white, orange, and saffron clothing. The grid is a graphic composed of screen captures, so no physical people are counted from it as a scene.2012-10-24Photograph of a large video wall showing a grid of live feeds from multiple temple centres. Tiles show groups seated on floors performing puja, with shrines of deity murtis decorated with red and gold drapery, oil lamps, and kalasha-style offerings. Printed labels on tiles read Phoenix Kanchipuram, Seattle Vedamandaram, Oklahoma Somnathan, Toronto Sivalayam and San Jose Madurai. In the lower right tile, a man in orange and white ritual clothing with a red-and-gold ornate backdrop and a gold necklace is seated on a throne; a caption reads 'Paramahamsa Nithyananda' area text not clearly legible. Bottom right corner carries a copyright notice.2012-10-17A photograph of a large monitor displaying a multi-panel collage of video stills from temple and ashram gatherings. Several panels show groups of people seated on floors and mats before decorated altars with deity murtis, garlands and flowers. A bottom-centre panel shows a bare-chested man with a white tilak, rudraksha-style garland and a red-patterned backdrop, and a right-hand panel shows a figure in saffron robes seated among offerings. Some panels carry printed city-name signs such as Seattle, Oklahoma Sonnetham and San Jose Madurai. The collage content is screen imagery, so no physical people are counted in the room beyond the handful of people in the scene behind the monitor.2012-09-26A large screen displays a grid of live video feeds from many locations, each showing devotees seated in temple-style or home shrines with deity murtis, flowers and kalasha-like altars. Labels on the feeds read Oklahoma Somnathan, San Jose Madurai, Seattle, Houston, Dako Dune and Madurai Adheenam. In the bottom-right feed, a large seated statue of a bare-chested, saffron-clad figure sits before a red arched shrine, with devotees in front. Individual feeds show seated people in white, saffron and pink saris, and a feed of saffron-robed sannyasis seated in rows. The image is a photograph of the screen, and the physical people in the room are not visible.2012-10-16October 17 20122012-10-17January 02 20132013-01-02A 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 copiesJune 23 20122012-06-23 +2 copiesJanuary 05 20132013-01-05