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Dark room with several large video monitors displaying a live multi-site video conference. The largest screen shows a grid of small video feeds of groups of devotees seated in rooms, with labels such as SEATTLE SATSANG, SINGAPURAM and NEW JERSEY, and a bearded man in saffron robes with rudraksha and a gold necklace seated bottom right in one feed. Two side monitors show a text slide and more grid feeds. Orange and striped drapery hangs from the ceiling and cables sit on a red cloth on the floor.

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Photo 11733664A photograph of a control room with several wall-mounted video monitors displaying a live multi-site satsang grid. The screens show many small tiles of groups seated in homes, halls and studios, with handwritten or printed place signs such as EDGEWATER NEW JERSEY, GUADELOUPE, ATLANTA UJJAIN and SINGAPURAM. Foreground cameras and cables sit on a dark desk, and a pale projection screen stands at left.2013-01-13January 19 20132013-01-19September 13 20122012-09-13October 01 20112011-10-01A photograph of two monitors on an orange-draped table showing a multi-panel video link of satsang centres. The left screen shows Dubai with a turbaned man in orange and devotees seated on the floor, and Dallas and Atlanta panels with seated devotees and a figure on a golden throne. The right screen shows Ohio with a flag, Houston with a seated group, and a panel with a figure in orange against a golden backdrop. Dark audience silhouettes are visible behind the screens, with cables and a small black device on the table.2011-02-27Photograph of two video monitors displaying a grid of live video feeds from multiple locations. On the left monitor, a figure in a red-and-white outfit stands in a room near a shrine, and a grid of small panels shows a group of seated devotees in white and colourful clothes, a woman in red standing beside an orange-clad figure, and a woman in red seated on a golden throne-like chair. On the right monitor, many panels show shrines with deity murti, kalasha and flower decorations, and groups of devotees, with name labels such as Singapuram and Oklahoma Somaithan visible. A small white box with cables and a black power adapter sits on the desk in front, with a wooden frame at the right edge.2012-05-21 +1 copiesA photograph of two large monitors on an orange-draped table in a hall with white draped ceiling fabric and ceiling fans. The right monitor shows a grid of video-conference tiles of seated groups of devotees in white clothes, with labels such as HOUSTON, TORONTO, OHIO and GUADELUPE visible. On the right tile, a figure in saffron/orange robes sits on a cream ornate throne and raises one hand, a probable Swamiji by cues of long swept-back hair and saffron clothing. The left monitor shows a similar grid of remote groups, including another saffron-clad figure on a throne. Video cameras sit on tripods in the foreground. The physical people count is zero as the seated devotees appear only on screens.2011-02-26May 12 20152015-05-12September 22 20122012-09-22Photo of two large flat-screen monitors on a wooden table in a tented hall, showing a multi-site video link. The left screen tiles include a woman in red at a Dubai feed, a figure in saffron-orange seated on a peach-coloured throne-like sofa with a red-and-gold backdrop, and devotees in a group setting. The right screen shows a crowd seated on mats in a hall labelled Guadeloupe and Toronto, and a figure in orange and pink garments seated on an ornate sofa labelled Houston. Video cameras on tripods stand at left and rooftop lights hang with decorative tassels. Swamiji (probable): a figure in saffron-orange robes with long swept-back hair on a throne-like sofa, shown on screen.2011-02-27September 08 20112011-09-08