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A screen displays a grid of twelve video-conference feeds from different ashram and temple locations, each labelled with a white caption. Labels read Los Angeles Arunachala, Kastav Croatia, Guadeloupe Rameswaram, Oklahoma Somnatham, Sri Nithyandeswara Hindu Temple, Kuala Lumpur Palani, Ohio Prayag, San Jose Madurai, Seattle Chidambaram and Vancouver Bhuvaneshwar. In several feeds people sit on the floor before ritual arrangements of fruit, flowers and brass items; in the Kuala Lumpur feed, saffron-robed participants sit near a deity murti and a statue. In the Kastav feed two people sit on the floor before offerings. A small portrait is visible in the top-left feed.

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October 26 20132013-10-26July 28 20132013-07-28A multi-panel collage of video-call tiles from different centres, each showing devotees in a home or temple setting. Top-left tile labelled SURREY BC shows a framed portrait of a saffron-turbaned figure above a shrine. The Ohio Prayag tile shows seated devotees in white and an elderly man in white beside deity murtis and flower offerings. The San Jose Madurai tile shows two people seated on mats. The Kastav Croatia tile shows three men in white seated on a mat before colourful deity murtis. The Kuala Lumpur Palani tile shows a saffron-robed figure seated before a shrine. Other tiles show a woman in white seated on a cushion beside offerings, a Toronto Kailasam group with seated devotees, and an Oklahoma Somnatham tile with a woman in white among deity figures. The bottom-right tile shows a gold-framed portrait of a smiling man in a saffron turban.2013-09-23October 07 20132013-10-07A 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.2013-05-03November 06 20112011-11-06Photo 11735815May 08 20132013-05-08A large screen displays a multi-panel video-conference collage of satsang centres, each panel labelled with a place name. Panels show groups of devotees seated on mats and rugs in temple-style rooms with deity images, lamps and offerings. In the centre panel labelled KULIM - THIRUTHANI, a bare-chested man with long hair and a white garment stands beside a woman in red-and-pink sari, with a brass tray of offerings in front. In the lower-left panel a man in white sits at a puja arrangement. A woman in a white-and-red shawl sits in a yellow-walled room labelled KASTAV CROATIA. Lamps and flower garlands surround the altars.2013-07-07February 10 20152015-02-10A photograph of a large screen displaying a grid of live video feeds from multiple satsang locations, each labelled with a place name such as Oklahoma Somnatham, Charlotte-Srisailam, San Jose Madurai, New York Varanasi, Toronto Kailasam, Atlanta Ujjaini, Ohio Prayag, Seattle Chidambaram, Singapore Singapuram and Phoenix Kanchipuram. Small groups of devotees sit on mats and rugs in ashram-style rooms, some with deity murti and decorated shrines in the background, and a few are seated in chairs.2013-04-07A multi-panel collage of video-link screens showing simultaneous ritual gatherings across several centres. Top left, labelled Los Angeles Arunachala, shows several people in white and orange seated on red mats in a hall, with a few brass vessels before them. Top centre, labelled San Jose Madurai, shows a seated man in a blue shirt and a woman in a red saree in a living room. Middle row, Seattle Chidambaram, shows a man in white pouring liquid into a brass bowl; Charlotte Srisailam shows two people in white seated before a shrine with a deity image and a tray of fruit; Houston Kalahasthi shows two men seated on a rug before a low table. Bottom row includes Ohio Pinyag, where a woman in orange sits before a lit fire pit, and Oman Sivagangai, where several people in white sit before an ornate decorated deity altar. The collage itself is a graphic of screens; the people shown are on screens, not physically present.2013-07-20