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A screen displays a video conference grid of satsang participants from multiple locations. Tiles are labelled with white captions: HONG KONG - SIRKAZHI, SINGAPORE SINGAPURAM, GUADELOUPE RAMESHWARAM, Jefferson South Dakota, PORT WASHINGTON NY, EAST LONDON UK, CHARLOTTE SRISAILAM, and Bangalore North. A woman with dark hair speaks in the Hong Kong tile beside a framed saffron-robed portrait. In the Bangalore North tile a man in an orange shawl sits before a shelf. The East London tile shows several people seated on a red mat with a floral offering. Bottom right, a gold-framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure sits on a gilded throne beneath a golden deity mural; the figure is on a screen, not physically present.

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A multi-panel video-conference screen shows several small live feeds of devotees in different locations, labelled with place names such as Singapore Singapuram, East London UK, Devon UK, Fort Washington NY, Hong Kong Sirkazhi, Jefferson South Dakota and Vancouver Bhuvanesh. Some participants press palms together in anjali, one woman in white sits with hands folded, and a home shrine shows a framed portrait of a figure in orange robes and an orange turban, smiling, labelled Self View. The bottom-right panel shows a gilded frame holding that orange-clad portrait, displayed like a shrine. The image is a photograph of a screen, and the participants are shown on the screen rather than physically present.2013-07-30July 20 20132013-07-20May 03 20132013-05-03A screen grid of six video-conference tiles showing satsang participants in different cities, labelled SINGAPORE SINGAPURAM, Hyderabad Guptakashi, EAST LONDON UK, HONG KONG - SIRKAZHI, Devon UK, and Self View. The Singapore tile shows several people sitting on patterned mats in a room with a small altar. The Hyderabad tile shows a girl in white uniform and a woman standing beside a bed, with a hand-written sign. The East London tile shows two people seated on a sofa in white clothing. A woman in a dark top is in the Hong Kong tile beside a framed photo. In the Devon tile two people sit on a sofa. In the Self View tile a framed portrait of a smiling man with a saffron-orange turban is set within a gold ornate frame with bells, on an altar. The portrait is a depiction, not a physical person in the room.2013-09-24February 01 20152015-02-01A large display screen shows a grid of video-conference feeds from multiple cities during a satsang. The bottom-right feed, framed as Self View, shows a man with a garland seated on a red and gold throne flanked by ornate deity statues; he wears orange-and-saffron clothing. Other tiles show participants in homes and rooms, including a man in a white vest on a sofa, women in saris, a man in a white shirt, and devotees by framed portraits and a lit lamp. Labels read East London UK, Singapore Singapuram, Oman Sivagangai, Dubai Vaidyanatham, Hong Kong Sirkazhi and Bangalore North. The physical people in the room are not visible; counted people are on screen.2013-07-16A photograph of a large screen showing a video-conference grid of satsang participants from many locations, each labelled with a caption such as "PORT WASHINGTON NY", "Guadeloupe Rameshwaram", "SINGAPORE SINGAPURAM", "VANCOUVER PURI", "LONDON - KA..." and "CHARLOTTE-SRISAILAM". Tiles show people seated or standing in home and temple rooms: a woman in orange sits on a chair in one tile, a woman in white and a woman in purple sit together on a bed in another, and a woman in red and white performs a puja before a framed photograph with a marigold garland. Several tiles show empty rooms and deity shrines.2013-04-13 +1 copiesA photograph of a large monitor showing a grid of live video-conference feeds from multiple locations. Top left, two women in a home setting with a child seated on a white sofa area; top right, a woman in a blue outfit in a room labelled Devon UK. Centre, a bald man in an orange robe sits on a brown sofa with purple cushions, labelled East London UK, appearing as an appearance-based a person on screen. Left, a space with a red-draped table and marigold-like offerings labelled Singapore Singapuram. Right, a woman labelled Hong Kong Sirkazhi. Bottom right, a framed portrait of a smiling man in an orange turban and robe, set in a gold ornate frame with a decorative arch, shown on screen; bottom centre, a seated woman in red and white near a shelf and altar.2013-10-31 +1 copiesA photograph of a large display screen showing a grid of video-conference tiles from many ashram and centre locations, each labelled with a place name such as Guadeloupe-Rameshwaram, Princeton-Madurai, Gurukul Bidadi, Houston Kalahasti, Hong Kong-Sirkazhi, San Jose Madurai, South of France-Pau, Auckland New Zealand, Atlanta Ujjaini, Devon UK, Singapore Singapuram, Vancouver Puri and St. Louis Tirumala. Participants sit on mats, sofas and chairs in home or centre rooms; a woman in a red top sits at centre of one tile, a man in white kneels in another, and a woman in a yellow sari sits in a tile labelled Hyderabad Sri. Some tiles show a framed portrait or a deity murti on a shelf. The scene suggests a satsang relayed online to many centres.2013-05-05October 07 20132013-10-07September 23 20132013-09-23November 06 20132013-11-06