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Photograph of a large video wall displaying a grid of live-streamed participant feeds from multiple centres, with a smaller screen at right. Tiles show people seated or standing in rooms decorated with deity images, flowers and lamps; one tile shows a seated man in white near a peetha with pink and red fabric and garlands. Name placards read SEATTLE, SAN JOSE, SHARJAH, ADYAR, DELHI, EAST LONDON UK and HYDERABAD. A green-and-white banner reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam Vedic Temple. Several tiles show groups in saffron, red and white clothing performing a satsang or puja-style gathering.

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February 27 20132013-02-27February 22 20132013-02-22 +1 copiesA photograph of a large screen showing a video-conference grid of about a dozen tiles, each showing a different group of people gathered in meditation or satsang at centres in various cities. Tiles show people seated on mats and cushions beside brass lamps, kalasha pots, flower offerings and deity images. Banners read Oklahoma Sowmatham, Guadeloupe, Adyar Chennai, Kulimalai, Singapuram, San Jose Madurai and New York Varanasi. In the bottom-right tile a figure with long dark hair, a rudraksha mala, gold ornaments and a crimson-trimmed shawl sits before a gold backdrop and speaks into a microphone, a probable Swamiji appearance on screen.2013-02-22 +1 copiesMarch 08 20132013-03-08 +1 copiesMarch 04 20132013-03-04 +1 copiesA photograph of a large video-wall screen showing a grid of live video-conference feeds for a satsang, with a cinema-like frame and a grey wall around it. Each tile is labelled with a city-and-temple name, including Houston Kalashasthi, Charlotte Srisailam, Los Angeles Arunachala, Ohio Prayag, San Jose Madurai, Sharjah, Oklahoma Somanatham, Toronto Kailasam, Kuala Lumpur Palani and Seattle Chidambaram. Participants sit on mats and cushions in ashram-style rooms; some wear saffron and orange robes, others white, and several have shaved or covered heads. One Toronto tile shows a man in dark robes and a head covering seated by a small offering. Altars with deity murtis, orange drapes and a large framed portrait appear in several tiles. The screen shows people only on screens, so no physical participants are in the photographed room; the feeds show seated devotees in groups.2013-11-15December 30 20112011-12-30A 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.2013-04-09A photograph of a screen showing a grid of live video feeds from multiple KAILASA aadheenam locations, each tile labelled with a centre name such as Seattle Aadheenam, San Jose Aadheenam, Vancouver Bhuvaneshwar, New Jersey Omkareshwar, NY Aadheenam Queens, Los Angeles Aadheenam, Toronto Aadheenam and Dublin, Ohio. Tiles show a woman in yellow seated on cushions near a rug, two women in red and pink seated on black mats, people in a living room, a group in red seated before a deity altar in New York, a woman in red seated on a red cushion in Los Angeles, a woman seated on a rug in Toronto, a woman in a bed-like setting in Dublin, and a decorated shrine with a figure in white in Oman. The screen shows the tiles, not physical people in this room, so no one in the scene is counted; the visible people are on the screen.2015-10-18Video-conference collage of nine tiled panels showing devotees at KAILASA centres linked to a satsang. Panels include Toronto, Los Angeles Arunachala, San Jose Madurai, Malaysia Palani, Ohio, Singapore and Seattle Chidambaram, each with a name card and shrine. Several groups sit cross-legged on mats before deity murtis, kalasha and garlanded altars. A lower-right panel shows a bare-chested figure in orange-saffron cloth with rudraksha mala and ornate gold crown seated on a gilded throne, appearing on screen, with copyright overlay. Collage of pictured activities, not physical people in one room.2012-05-08 +2 copiesA large screen displays a grid of video-conference tiles showing satsang participants at multiple ashram and temple locations. Top left tile labelled "SEATTLE CHIDAMBARAM" shows a bald man in white with hands folded beside a red floral arrangement and a brass bowl. Other tiles show devotees seated on mats in saffron, purple and white clothing at centres labelled "NEW YORK VARANASI", "CHARLOTTE-SRISAILAM", "OMAN SIVAGANGAI", "KUALA LUMPUR - PALANI", "Oklahoma Somnatham", "OHIO PRAYAG", "NITHYANANDA NAGARAM - HYDERABAD", "Wellington, New Zealand", "Toronto Kailaasam", "Los Angeles Arunachala" and "DUBAI THIRUKOVILUR". Some tiles show altars with deity murti, flowers and kalasha. A bearded man in a white shawl appears in a tile labelled Dubai Thirukovilur, beside a portrait of a turbaned figure.2013-05-05A large wall screen shows a grid of live video feeds from several satsang locations, each panel captioned with a place name such as Toronto Kailasam, Vakia Shivalokam, San Jose Madurai, Guadeloupe, East London UK, Houston Kailasi, Singapore Singapore and Los Angeles Arunachala. Participants sit on mats and cushions in white and coloured clothes, some with folded hands, others seated on sofas. A woman in a pink headscarf and a man in a grey kurta are visible in one panel, and a woman in a red sari stands at the far right beside a man at a microphone. The screen is a photograph of a display, so the people visible are on screens, not physically present, and the frame carries a copyright and source notice.2013-08-19