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A multi-panel video-call screen shows several remote participants in separate home rooms, arranged as a grid. Top-left, a figure in a dark outfit stands near a small altar with a framed deity picture and flowers. Top-right, two people in white stand in a living room beside a sofa with red cushions and a tray holding two lit oil lamps. Lower-left, a person in white sits on a couch with hands folded, a projector on the coffee table and a sign reading St Louis Festus. Lower-right, two people in white sit on a rug in front of a framed portrait, one holding a sign partly visible, with a banner reading Kulim-Thiruthani at lower left. Purely as a grid of video feeds, no one is in person in a single shared room.

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February 16 20152015-02-16September 07 20122012-09-07A multi-panel video conference collage of satsang participants joined from different centres. Panels show people seated on rugs or chairs in rooms with sofas, a deity murti on an altar, a row of seated devotees, and a woman in a red shawl. Handwritten signs read St. Louis, Tirumala, Singapuram, Paris Kalighat, Philadelphia, St Julien France, and Charlotte Srisailam. In the bottom-right panel, a man with long hair, saffron-orange robes, a rudraksha mala and flower garlands gestures while speaking to the camera, a figure matching the Swamiji (probable) description. Because this is a screen collage, the people shown are on screens rather than physically present.2013-01-12February 15 20152015-02-15A photograph of a large video-conference screen showing a grid of nine live feeds of groups seated in home living rooms and meditation spaces. Name-card labels read St. Louis Tirumala, Scottsdale Arizona, Paris Kalighat, Washington D.C. Sripuram, New Jersey, New York Varanasi, Charlotte, and Vancouver. Participants sit cross-legged on mats or sit on sofas, many in white or light clothing with rudraksha malas, some with framed portraits and flowers on small altars. The bottom-right panel shows a figure with swept-back hair, saffron and orange garments and a rudraksha mala seated before a golden arched backdrop; the figure is shown on screen and their identity is uncertain from appearance alone.2012-08-27September 25 20122012-09-25A photograph of a monitor screen showing a photo of a group seated on a wooden floor in a room with a purple-draped low table bearing a fruit platter and a laptop. Printed at the top of the screen is a title reading "St.Louis-Tirumala", repeated at the bottom. A man in a grey-green shirt sits cross-legged at left, an older man in a dark jacket sits in the centre, a man in a red t-shirt kneels at right, and a woman in a light blue jacket kneels at far right. In the foreground, a person in white with a saffron shawl bends over the table.2014-03-24A large video-conference grid displayed on a screen, showing a collage of many small live panels of people in home and ashram settings, labelled with handwritten or printed place signs such as Washington D.C. Sripuram, Guadeloupe, New Jersey, Vancouver Home, Houston North-West, Bangalore Whitefield, Brockley London, Turkey, St. Louis, Arunachala Tiruvannamalai and Anna Nagar. Many participants sit cross-legged on mats in saffron, orange, red and green clothes, some with ritual red and white markings, around puja items and flowers. In the bottom right panel, a man with a shaved head and saffron-orange robes with a gold necklace sits before a golden backdrop, with a rudraksha mala. This is a photograph of a screen showing a collage, so the physical people count refers only to people in the room, which is effectively none visible apart from a partial garment edge.2012-09-05A large wall screen shows a video-conference grid of about fifteen tiles, each a remote satsang location labelled with city names such as Kuala Lumpur Palani Adheenam, Los Angeles Arunachala Peetam, St. Louis Tirumala Adheenam, Toronto Thirumalai Adheenam, San Jose Madurai, Melbourne Tiruvarur, Oman Sivagangai and Redmond USA. Tiles show people seated on rugs, on a peetha and in ashram rooms, some in saffron and maroon robes, one in a white shirt wearing a headset, and a central figure in a red-and-white outfit seated before a green backdrop. Shrines with deity murtis appear in several tiles. Attendees are seen only through the screen.2015-02-24A multi-panel screen display of a live video link showing satsang gatherings in several ashram centres. Panels are labelled KULIM - THIRUTHANI, HOUSTON KALAHASTHI, TORONTO KAILASAM, VANCOUVER BHUVANESHWAR, SEATTLE CHIDAMBARAM and OHIO PRAYAG. Top left, a woman in a red top sits on a meditation mat beside a man in white with a shaved head and a tilak, with a tray of flowers and offerings. Top centre, three people sit on a floor cushion with a brass puja tray. Middle centre, a woman in an orange sari sits near a framed portrait and offerings. Lower left, a deity murti display with garlanded idols and a framed portrait. Lower centre, several people sit on cushions in a hall. A framed portrait labelled with a Swamiji-style portrait appears at the far right, on a golden altar.2013-07-13A video call screenshot of a living room-style room with floral-upholstered sofas and a red-draped side table holding a framed deity picture and small offerings. Five people sit on the floor or cushions: a woman in a beige sari on the left, a woman in white with a red shawl, a woman in a beige jacket with a pendant, a man in a dark blue jacket and jeans, and a young man in a white t-shirt beside a sign reading St.Louis Tirumala. A small table in the foreground holds a red-and-black item and a tray. A framed picture of a deity appears in the upper right corner. No one in the scene is identifiable as a person.2012-10-13A photograph of a screen showing a living room where five people sit on floral and patterned mats in front of beige sofas. A woman in a white top and red cardigan sits at the back left, and a man in a dark navy jacket and yellow shirt sits behind them near a red-draped table with framed images. In the foreground, a woman in a beige cardigan and white trousers sits with hands folded, a man in a white polo shirt with a lanyard sits at right, and another person in a patterned top sits at left. A sign reads "St.Louis Tirumala" with a temple picture. Yellow-covered tables hold fruit and flowers, and red flowers lie on the floor.2012-10-13