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A screen displaying a nine-panel video call grid of satsang participants from different locations, shown on a monitor in a room. Top-left panel shows several seated people in a living room with a sign reading "BENGALURU NKTP". Top-middle shows people seated on mats in a room with a framed picture and a sign. Top-right shows a shrine with colourful deity murti and seated people in white. Middle-left shows a woman in orange and red near a decorated altar with a sign reading "HOUSTON KAILASA". Middle-centre shows a group seated in a room with a sign reading "CALGARY AMARNATH". Middle-right shows a woman in white seated on a red sofa with a sign reading "PORT WASHINGTON NEW YORK". Bottom-left shows a man in white and orange near deity murti with a sign reading "VICTORIA AUSTRALIA". Bottom-centre shows a group seated on the floor with a sign reading "GADELOUPE". Bottom-right two panels show a man in orange robes seated with hand to chin, in a meditative pose.

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November 18 20112011-11-18November 11 20112011-11-11A 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.2013-11-15A large screen displays a video-conference grid of multiple remote sites, each labelled with a banner: Houston Kalahasthi, Toronto Kailasam, Ohio Prayag, Calgary Amarnath, Seattle Chidambaram, Sri Nithyanandeswara Hindu Temple, Guadeloupe and Kuala Lumpur - Palani. Participants in each panel sit on mats or chairs during puja and satsang, with a homa fire pit, kalasha offerings and a deity shrine visible in several. The screen is shown in a dark room, and the grid features roughly ten to twenty visible people across the panels, with one person in a white shirt and light-coloured clothing in the Guadeloupe panel.2013-10-15A large video wall displays a grid of nine live video feeds of devotees performing a seated arm-raised stretch in home and centre rooms. Labels on the screens read Bengaluru, Guadeloupe, Gloria Australia, Calgary Amarnath, Port Washington New York, Charlotte Srisailam and Houston Kalahasti. In the top right, several people in white and blue clothing kneel before a shrine with deity murtis and orange drapery. In the bottom right, a large screen shows an orange-robed figure with a rudraksha mala in a seated pose, which may be a depiction. Plants and framed pictures are visible in the rooms.2011-11-18November 16 20112011-11-16November 12 20112011-11-12A screen displays a nine-panel video call grid of devotees meeting in different homes. Panels are labelled ATLANTA UJJAIN, PORT WASHINGTON NEW YORK, HOUSTON KALAHASTHI, DALLAS SRIRANGAM, VICTORIA AUSTRALIA and PURI, with people seated on mats in white and orange clothing, many in prayer posture around flower offerings, plates and framed deity pictures. In the bottom right panel a bald man in orange robes and rudraksha mala sits in meditation on an orange mat, shown as a depicted image beside a statue-like figure.2011-11-20April 13 20132013-04-13 +1 copiesA photograph of a large wall-mounted video display showing a nine-panel video call grid of devotees seated in home shrine rooms in different cities. Labels include ATLANTA UJJAIN, PHILADELPHIA, HOUSTON KALAHASTHI, DALLAS DHARAKA, PORT WASHINGTON NEW YORK, VICTORIA AUSTRALIA and VANCOUVER PURI. Participants sit on mats and cushions before altars with flowers, fruit plates, deity pictures and oil lamps. In the bottom-right panel a bald man in an orange garment with beaded necklace appears on screen, and the grid includes a shaved-head man in white with rudraksha beads in the Victoria panel. Eight to ten physical people are visible across the rooms.2011-11-20November 16 20112011-11-16December 16 20112011-12-16