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A photograph of a screen showing a grid of live video-conference feeds from several satsang locations. Labelled tiles include Toronto Kailasam, Guadeloupe Rameshwaram, Seattle Chidambaram, Nithyananda Nagaram Hyderabad, Ohio Prayag, Kuala Lumpur Palani and Los Angeles Arunachalam. Several people sit cross-legged on the floor in orange and white clothing, some with shaved heads. In the Toronto tile a shirtless man stands in front of a seated group, while in the Palani tile people in orange robes sit before a shrine with deity murtis and a pink cloth. A portrait-like figure on screen is not counted. The Ohio tile shows altars and framed deity images behind seated devotees.

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A screen shows a multi-window video-conference grid of temple and ashram locations, each labelled with a printed caption: HYDERABAD, RAMESWARAM, TORONTO KAILASAM, LOS ANGELES ARUNACHALA, SAN JOSE MADURAI, OHIO PRAYAG, OKLAHOMA SOMNATHAM and CHARLOTTE SRISAILAM. In the Rameswaram window, a row of seated devotees in white, pink and green clothes sits on a mat, one man in blue palms together, with a banana-leaf offering plate before them. In the Toronto window a bald man in a dark robe stands, and seated devotees in saffron and white sit nearby. The Oklahoma window shows a deity altar with decorated murtis and a standing figure in white. Several people are visible across the windows, mostly seated in satsang or puja settings.2013-11-16 +1 copiesA photograph of a large display screen split into a grid of nine video-conference tiles, each labelled with a city name such as NITHYANANDA NAGARAM HYDERABAD, Guadeloupe-Rameshwaram, Seattle Chidambaram, OHIO PRAYAG, Los Angeles - Arunachalam, HOLLYWOOD, and TORONTO KAILASAM. Several tiles show groups of devotees in white and saffron clothes seated in meditation or ritual postures around offerings, lamps and a small altar. Two tiles show a framed portrait of a smiling man in a saffron turban and saffron garments, which is a depiction on a screen. Other tiles show seated people with folded hands, a woman in a grey top, and a room with a rolled mat and sofa cushions.2014-03-07A large display screen shows a grid of video-conference tiles from multiple satsang locations, a photo of a live broadcast. Top-left, a man in dark clothes presses his palms together beside a small table with offerings. Beside him a woman in white sits. Other tiles show seated devotees on mats in halls with deity murtis and framed pictures, including a woman in orange kneeling with a brass puja tray in the bottom-left Toronto tile. Labelled tiles read Guadeloupe Rameswaram, Los Angeles, Nithyananda Nagaram Hyderabad, Kuala Lumpur Palani, Seattle Chidambaram, Ohio Pravas, and Oklahoma Somnatham. Bottom-right, a framed portrait of a smiling man in orange and a yellow turban hangs on a gold frame.2013-09-26January 06 20142014-01-06 +1 copiesA photograph of a large video wall showing a grid of live two-way video conference feeds from ashram centres, each labelled with a city name in white captions. Panels include Oklahoma Somnatham, Malaysia Palani, Los Angeles Arunachala, Seattle Chidambaram, Phoenix Kanchipuram, Toronto Kailasam and Ohio Prayag. In most panels people sit cross-legged on floor mats and cushions in front of altars with deity murtis, kalasha pots, oil lamps and offering plates, several in white and saffron or orange saris. A man in a white shirt sits at the centre of the Toronto panel. The photographed screen shows several dozen small figures across panels, and the visible people are seated devotees and participants.2013-03-08November 19 20132013-11-19A photograph of a video-conference screen showing a grid of live feeds of satsang participants in separate locations. Top-left panel labelled "GUADELOUPE RAMESWARAM" shows a seated figure in white with a red-cushioned seat, plus others on a pink mat with a brass tray and fruit. Top-right panel labelled "SAN JOSE" shows a man in white with an orange shawl seated before a red-cloth altar with a brass bowl. Middle row includes a figure in dark robes labelled "ONTO KAILASAM", a panel labelled "NITHYANANDA NAGARAMU HYDERABAD" with a man in white sitting cross-legged with a brass plate, and a panel labelled "HOUSTON KALAHASTHI" showing a person in a blue jacket seated on a mat with offerings. Bottom panels labelled "LOS ANGELES ARUNACHALA" show devotees before a lit oil lamp, and a lower-right panel shows a temple altar with a deity image. Multiple small figures are visible across the screen.2013-11-23A 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.2014-11-30A 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.2013-04-09Photograph of two monitors displaying a multi-panel video-conference grid of remote ashram and satsang locations. Panels show small groups of devotees in rooms with shrines, floor mats and framed images. Labels include Los Angeles Arunachala, Toronto Kailasa, Guadeloupe Rameswaram, Ohio Prayag, Nithyananda Nagaram Hyderabad, Seattle Chidambaram, Singapore Singapuram, San Jose Madurai and Bidadi. A framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure with a turban hangs in one panel on the right screen. The screens show people on screens only, with no physical people in the room.2013-12-10May 02 20132013-05-02A photograph of a screen showing a video-conference grid of many small live feeds from different ashram and centre locations. Feeds include a woman in white with orange cloth speaking at a table with flowers, a central group seated on a floor before a deity shrine with lamps, and several people in orange and white sitting in meditation or puja settings. Labels on the tiles read Guadalupe, Kuala Lumpur-Palani, San Jose Madurai, Charlotte Srisailam, Toronto Kailasam, Los Angeles Arunachala, Ohio Prayag and Chidambaram. A tile at lower right shows a close view of a hand holding a small lit flame and white flower. Several people are visible across the feeds, mostly seated in small groups, with a total of roughly twenty to thirty people visible across all tiles. A man in orange sits cross-legged on a floor mat in one feed, with a seated figure in white nearby.2013-07-02