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A photograph of a large screen showing a grid of live video-conference feeds from multiple locations, each labelled with a city caption such as Hyderabad Gupta Kashi, Brisbane Australia, Dallas Dwaraka, Gyaneshwor Nepal, London Kashi, New Delhi, Selayang Malaysia and Baroda. In the lower right feed, a woman in a red and maroon sari sits beside a potted plant and small altar while a man in white kneels nearby. Other feeds show seated devotees on mats, on sofas and in living rooms, with some women in white saris and men in white shirts. A white-bearded man in orange robes appears in the London Kashi feed. Dark room, screen in foreground.

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January 31 20152015-01-31September 27 20142014-09-27 +1 copiesA screen-grid collage of a video satsang linking many locations, each panel showing a small group of people seated or sitting on sofas and mats, with location captions such as Ohio-Prayag, HongKong-Sirkazhi, Melbourne-VIC-AU, Kajang Malaysia, Romania, London-Kashi, Singapore-Sadhanananda, Amersfoort-Netherlands, Sunprairie-Wisconsin and Chicago-Srirangam. Several participants wear white and red-saffron clothing. The top-left panel shows a person in orange and red robes seated beside a bolster.2014-09-27Photograph of a large screen showing a multi-panel video conference grid of satsang sessions at different centers. Panels are labelled HOUSTON KALAHASTI, DALLAS DWARAKA, NEW YORK VARANASI, VANCOUVER BHUVANESHWAR, and Monterrey Mexico. Participants sit on the floor or on sofas; in the Houston panel a woman in orange robes sits on a rug with a kalasha-style offering tray, and a man in white sits nearby. In the Varanasi panel a deity murti stands in a decorated shrine. A woman's partial profile is visible in the foreground at right, watching the screen. The panels show seated devotees in white and colourful clothing.2014-08-16February 14 20152015-02-14September 26 20152015-09-26A large screen displays a grid of video-conference tiles showing satsang participants at multiple ashram and temple locations. Top left tile labelled "SEATTLE CHIDAMBARAM" shows a bald man in white with hands folded beside a red floral arrangement and a brass bowl. Other tiles show devotees seated on mats in saffron, purple and white clothing at centres labelled "NEW YORK VARANASI", "CHARLOTTE-SRISAILAM", "OMAN SIVAGANGAI", "KUALA LUMPUR - PALANI", "Oklahoma Somnatham", "OHIO PRAYAG", "NITHYANANDA NAGARAM - HYDERABAD", "Wellington, New Zealand", "Toronto Kailaasam", "Los Angeles Arunachala" and "DUBAI THIRUKOVILUR". Some tiles show altars with deity murti, flowers and kalasha. A bearded man in a white shawl appears in a tile labelled Dubai Thirukovilur, beside a portrait of a turbaned figure.2013-05-05A photograph of a large monitor displaying a multi-panel video conference grid of satsang locations. Panels show groups of devotees seated on the floor in white and orange clothes, with a shrine, deity murti and flower decorations visible in several rooms. Labels on the panels read SINGAPURAM, HYDERABAD and DALLAS DWARAKA, and SAN JOSE MADURAI appears in one panel. In the top-right panel a person wears white and orange, and in the lower-right panel a figure in a saffron-orange robe with a decorated gold headdress and garlands stands before a golden arch. No speaker's face is identifiable, and no clear appearance-based candidate for a person is evident, so the identity remains uncertain. Many small on-screen people are visible across the grid.2012-07-07A screen shows a multi-window video-conference grid of temple and ashram locations, each labelled with a printed caption: HYDERABAD, RAMESWARAM, TORONTO KAILASAM, LOS ANGELES ARUNACHALA, SAN JOSE MADURAI, OHIO PRAYAG, OKLAHOMA SOMNATHAM and CHARLOTTE SRISAILAM. In the Rameswaram window, a row of seated devotees in white, pink and green clothes sits on a mat, one man in blue palms together, with a banana-leaf offering plate before them. In the Toronto window a bald man in a dark robe stands, and seated devotees in saffron and white sit nearby. The Oklahoma window shows a deity altar with decorated murtis and a standing figure in white. Several people are visible across the windows, mostly seated in satsang or puja settings.2013-11-16 +1 copiesNovember 25 20142014-11-25A photograph of a screen showing a multi-panel video call collage of satsang groups in separate rooms, each labelled with a city caption: Houston Kalahasti, Vancouver Bhuvaneshwar, Monterrey Mexico, Dallas Dwaraka, New York Varanasi and Mulund-Mumbai. In the top-left panel, people sit on a red rug around a low table with an oil lamp and offerings. Other panels show people seated on sofas or cushions, a woman in a red-orange outfit, and a New York Varanasi room with a deity murti and an orange-clad figure seated on white cloth.2014-08-16A photograph of a multi-panel video conference grid of satsang participants in different cities. Top-left panel shows a woman seated on a pink-draped bed beside a sign reading Hyderabad Guptakashi. Top-middle shows a woman in a dark jacket seated on a floor cushion labelled Devon, UK. Top-right shows a seated woman in orange and a blond woman in white in a room with a framed portrait labelled San Diego Tiru Alavai. Middle-left shows a group seated on red mats labelled Singapore Singapuram with a woman in pink and a man in white. Middle-centre shows a man in white kurta seated with a woman in blue beside a labelled Houston-Umesh. Middle-right shows people on a white floor labelled New York Varanasi. Bottom-left shows a man in white with a tilak seated before an altar with a lit lamp and a portrait. Bottom-centre shows a woman in white labelled Bogota-Colombia. Bottom-right shows a framed portrait of a smiling figure in orange head wrap and ornate gold frame labelled Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam.2013-10-13