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A large screen displays a grid of video feeds from several centres, each labelled, showing people lying on mats and floors in temple and meditation rooms. Labels read SINGAPURAM, NEW YORK VARANASI, OHIO PRAYAG, ATLANTA UJJAIN, SEATTLE BHIDAMARAM and NEW YORK, with altars holding deity murtis, marigold and flower decorations, and a red sofa in one room. In the lower right feed a person in an orange robe lies on a pink mat with a cushion. The screen's edge shows a partial text panel with numbered steps. Several people are visible across the feeds, mostly lying down in rest or meditation.

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November 08 20112011-11-08A photograph of a large screen showing a grid of video panels from multiple centres, a video-conference style collage of ashram gatherings. Panels show people seated on mats in temple rooms decorated with deity murtis, red drapes and garlands. Labels on the panels read Seattle, Toronto Kailasam, Los Angeles Arunachala, Ohio Prayag and Phoenix. The screen is a graphic display; the people shown are on screens, not physically present.2011-12-03November 15 20112011-11-15A photograph of a wall-mounted Philips monitor displaying a nine-panel video grid of simultaneous satsang sessions at different centres. Panels show groups seated on mats before deity shrines and garlanded murtis, with labels reading "SAN JOSE MADURAI", "OHIO PRAYAG", "VICTORIA AUSTRALIA", "PHOENIX NGHEEPURAM", "NEW YORK VARANASI" and "GUADELOUPE". In the centre panel a bare-chested man in white dhoti and rudraksha mala sits before a shrine, and a middle panel shows robed figures with orange and red garments at a homa. Devotees in white and pink saris sit in rows, and a kalasha and a lit oil lamp appear in some panels.2011-10-30A photograph of a large wall-mounted monitor displaying a grid of video-conference feeds from multiple centres. Tiles show groups seated on the floor for satsang and meditation, labelled SINGAPURAM, Los Angeles, OHIO, HOUSTON, SEATTLE CHIDAMBARAM and PHOENIX, with a shrine-like altar and framed deity images visible in several tiles. One tile shows a woman in an orange sari and gold necklace beside a woman in a patterned top gesturing. Physical people in the room are mostly absent; the seated participants appear only on the screen. A Philips monitor frame and a purple panel sit at the right edge.2011-11-11A photograph of a large monitor displaying a multi-panel video feed of satsang sessions from several centres. Panels show a woman seated on a mat in a yellow-lit room labelled SINGAPURAM, a shrine hall labelled CHIDAMBARAM-style setting, a group in white seated on colourful mats labelled SEATTLE, a panel labelled GUADELOUPE with participants seated around offerings, and a central-lower panel of a man with pink and saffron-tinged clothing, a gold necklace and a pink turban-style head covering seated on an ornate golden throne. The shot shows a screen mounted in a room, with a second monitor partly visible at right displaying a question list.2011-10-18A large LED wall screen shows a multi-panel collage of live video feeds from different locations, each with people seated on mats in front of temple shrines. Panels labelled Los Angeles ARUNACHALA, PHOENIX KANCHEEPURAM, OHIO PRAYAG, SEATTLE CHIDAM BARAM, VANCOUVER PURI and SINGAPURAM show devotees in orange, white and blue clothing, some sitting in meditative postures before colourful deity murti and decorated altars with red drapes and garlands. The collage is a screenshot of a live link-up, with no physical people in the image itself apart from the audience in the room.2011-11-12A photograph of a flat-screen monitor, branded Philips, showing a multi-window video wall of simultaneous live feeds from several KAILASA temple centres. Panels show devotees lying prone in rows on the floor in front of deity murti and decorated altars, with yellow and orange ornamentation. Labels on the feeds read SINGAPURAM, MALAYSIA PALANI, SEATTLE CHIDAMBARAM, OHIO PRAYAG and TORONTO KAILASA. One panel shows a close view of a person in orange and white clothing lying prone on a mat. The scene conveys a synchronized group practice across centres, with dozens of people visible on the screens rather than in the room.2011-11-20November 12 20112011-11-12November 08 20112011-11-08A flat-screen monitor shows a multi-window video grid of simultaneous satsang and puja sessions from different centres, with a Philips monitor frame and a smaller screen beside it. Panels include Toronto Kailasam, Singapuram, Los Angeles, Nadi-Ashram style satsang rooms, Seattle, Ohio Prayag and Phoenix Kailasam. Participants sit on mats in white and coloured clothing before decorated deity murtis, garlands, kalashas and oil lamps. One lower-right panel shows a man in a white shirt seated before a decorated throne-like seat. Readable panel labels name the locations. Overlaid screen labels read Los Angeles, Singapuram, Seattle and Ohio Prayag. The photo is of a display screen showing remote centres.2011-11-27A photograph of a large LED video wall displaying a grid of nine live video feeds of satsang sessions at different ashram centres. Participants sit on mats and carpets in front of decorated deity altars with draped fabrics, garlands and lamps. Labels on the feeds read Ohio Prayag, Singapuram, San Jose Madurai, Guadeloupe, Phoenix Chidambaram, and Seattle Chidambaram. In the lower right foreground, a shaven-headed man in white dhoti and shawl with gold border, wearing a rudraksha mala, stands near the wall. Several people in the room are seated and watching the screen.2011-10-31