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A 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.

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September 23 20132013-09-23A 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.2013-07-30A 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.2013-07-13A photograph of a large display screen showing a grid of video-conference tiles from devotees in different locations, each labelled with a place name such as Port Washington, Devon UK, Hyderabad, Singapore-Singapuram, San Jose-Madurai, Hong Kong-Sirkazhi, New York-Varanasi, Bogota-Colombia, Bangalore North, Dubai and Oman-Sivagangai. In the tiles, people sit on floors and sofas in home shrine rooms, some performing puja before deity images, lamps and offerings, one woman in a red sari, another in a white sari and others in ordinary clothes. Some tiles show a seated man in a red shirt speaking and a man in white ritual clothes performing a puja. The screen is a live remote satsang broadcast, and the people shown are on screens, not physically present in the room.2013-11-06June 12 20132013-06-12 +1 copiesOctober 07 20132013-10-07A photograph of a large monitor displaying a video-conference grid of many small live feeds from different locations, labelled with captions such as SINGAPORE SINGAPURAM, VANCOUVER PURI, BENGALURU NORTH, CHARLOTTE SRISAILAM and LONDON - KASHI. One feed shows a woman in orange and red clothing with an orange flower garland, seated before a framed portrait and a tray of offerings. Other feeds show small groups of people sitting indoors, some in a room with a red and white decorated altar, and a few blurred figures. The screen is seen at an angle beside a dark frame.2013-04-13April 13 20132013-04-13 +1 copiesA photograph of a large screen showing a grid of video-conference tiles from satsang participants in different cities. Tiles are labelled with city names such as Dallas-Dwaraka, East London, Hong Kong-Sirkazhi, Paris-Kailasa, Ohio-Prayag, Prison-Kailasa and Palo Alto-Madurai. Participants sit in meditation or yoga postures in homes and rooms, some in saffron or orange clothes and some in white. A man in white kurta stands in a tile on the lower right, and a woman in orange clothing sits in another. A small logo appears in the upper left, and a rolled mat sits at the bottom right. The screen is blurred.2013-09-28 +1 copiesA photograph of a large video-conference wall display showing a grid of live feeds from satsang groups in different locations. Top-left tile shows a room with a deity altar labelled St Louis-Tirumala. Top-middle tile shows a room with a seated devotee in white and an orange-clad figure, labelled East-London-UK. Left tiles show DEVON, UK with a woman seated on a sofa, and HONG KONG - SIRKAZHI with a woman speaking to camera beside a framed portrait labelled Hong Kong-Sirkazhi. A tile labelled SINGAPORE SINGAPURAM shows people seated on a mat before an altar, and ATLANTA UJJAINI shows seated devotees in white. Lower tiles show SAN DIEGO TIRU ALAVAI, MONTERREY-Kedarnath with seated men in white, VANCOUVER BHUVANESHWAR, and Bangalore Sangha with a man in a red shawl. In the lower-right corner a large gilded frame holds a portrait of a smiling figure in an orange turban and orange robe.2013-07-20July 02 20132013-07-02A large video wall displays a grid of live two-way video-conference feeds from satsang centres around the world. Tiles are labelled Singapore Singapuram, New York Varanasi, High Point NC, Scottsdale AZ, Houston Kalahasti, Kuala Lumpur Palani, Tuen Mun Hong Kong, Northumberland UK, Dallas Dwaraka, Coimbatore Dhyanapeetam and Jorpati Nepal. Participants sit on floors and sofas before deity altars, lamps and flower arrangements, some in white and some in saffron. In the bottom right tile, a figure in a red-and-gold turban, red shawl and ornate gold necklace sits on a throne flanked by gilded lion figures, with a red-and-gold backdrop. Readable banners include Hyderabad Guptashi and Omkararoopa-UK.2014-03-07