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A photograph of a large video-conference screen showing a multi-panel grid of live feeds from different locations. Tiles show groups of devotees seated in meditation or satsang, many with hands in anjali mudra, on mats, rugs and beds in homes and centres. Signs read Dallas, Houston, New Jersey, Ohio, Prayag, Atlanta, Washington D.C., New York Varanasi and Ujjain. Some tiles show a priest in white dhoti and shawl performing puja before a deity murti and a kalasha, a seated figure on a blue-draped altar, and colourful deity murtis with flower garlands. Physical people in the room photographed are not visible beyond the screen.

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May 31 20122012-05-31A multi-panel video-conference screen grid showing groups of seated participants in different rooms, each labelled with a handwritten sign such as HOUSTON KALAHASTHI, ATLANTA UJJAIN, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK VARANASI, OHIO PRAYAG, SREEPURAM WASHINGTON D.C., and DALLAS DWARAKA. In the lower right panel a bald man in a saffron-orange robe with a long rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a gold-and-cream ornate throne flanked by flower vases, appearing to address the groups; he is shown on a screen, not physically present. Participants wear saris, kurtas and casual clothes, some sitting on mats and cushions, with flowers and a red-and-gold cloth visible in a few rooms.2011-09-10November 08 20142014-11-08 +1 copiesSeptember 16 20122012-09-16September 22 20142014-09-22A grid of video-call tiles shown on a large screen, each labelled with a place name: LOS ANGELES ARUNACHALA, TORONTO KAILASAM, OHIO PRAYAG, WASHINGTON DC SRIPURAM, VANCOUVER BHUVANESHWAR, KUALA LUMPUR, EAST LONDON UK, ARANDESWARA, CHARLOTTE Hindu Temple, and HOUSTON KALAHASTI. Participants in each tile sit in ritual or satsang settings: a woman in an orange sari with a puja plate in the Ohio tile, a man in a saffron robe and a bald-headed man in white sitting on a cushion in the Washington tile, a seated group in orange and white clothing in the Toronto tile, and an altar with a deity murti in the Vancouver tile. The screen shows a bright logo at top left and a copyright line at bottom right.2013-11-06A 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.2013-11-15May 27 20122012-05-27July 01 20132013-07-01A large monitor displays a nine-panel video call grid of satsang groups in different locations. Top-left panel shows a room with a sign reading NEW JERSEY; top-centre a banner with an orange-robed figure beside a sign reading Dubai, with a garlanded seated figure in orange and a small statue. Top-right shows a sign reading ATLANTA with people seated on white cloth and a seated figure in pink-and-red near flowers. Middle row includes a DALLAS panel with seated devotees in white, a PHILADELPHIA panel with people on a sofa and flowers, and a room of people in white and orange sitting before a decorated seat. Bottom row shows a group in white seated on a red cloth and a GUADELOUPE CENTRE panel with white-clad devotees and a framed image of a deity. Bottom-right shows a woman in orange seated on an ornate golden throne with purple drapery. The screen is seen in a dim room. The image is a photograph of this screen.2011-02-27Photo 11729217November 08 20142014-11-08 +1 copies