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A photograph of a projection or video-wall screen showing a multi-panel collage of live-linked satsang or ritual scenes from several ashram centres. Top row: Los Angeles Arunachal panel with devotees in white and saffron, and a Singapuram panel with people in white kneeling before a low platform. Middle row: San Jose Madurai panel with a man in a yellow dhoti and a long white shawl beside a striped floor mat, Seattle Chidambaram panel of devotees in white bowing, and Ohio Prayag panel with a man in white. Bottom row: a panel of people seated on red mats and a panel of a man in an orange outfit with rudraksha-style beads bending forward on a green mat, beside a pictured deity. Background shows decorated deity altars with garlands and lamps. The pictured people are on screens, so they are not counted as physical people here.

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A photograph of a large screen showing a grid of live video feeds from multiple ashram centres. Top row: a Los Angeles Arunachal feed with devotees in white and yellow garments near a shrine, and a Singapuram feed with devotees in white and orange performing prostrations on a floor with a small brass offering plate. Middle row: a San Jose Madurai feed with a figure in yellow and white garments on a striped mat, a Seattle Chidambaram feed with devotees in white bowing before offerings, and an Ohio Prayag feed with a figure in white bending on a striped mat. Bottom row: a feed of seated devotees in a room with a woman in a dark shawl, and two feeds showing a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala bending and a second figure in orange with a rudraksha mala standing before a white statue.2011-11-07December 30 20112011-12-30November 08 20112011-11-08Photograph of a projection screen showing a nine-panel video collage of simultaneous satsang or group sessions at different centres. Top-left panel shows a Los Angeles Arunachala centre with seated devotees in front of shrines and a name placard reading Los Angeles Arunachala. Top-right panel shows a Seattle Chidambara centre with seated participants before a deity altar and a Seattle sign. Middle row includes seated devotees on striped mats and a centre labelled Ohio Prayag. Bottom row includes a Singapuram panel with two women in white seated on a mat before a sign reading SINGAPURAM, and a right panel showing a figure in orange and red robes with a crown-like headdress seated on an ornate golden throne-like seat, with white-clad attendants standing on either side.2011-10-11A multi-panel video-conference screen shows a grid of remote satsang sessions, each tile labelled with a city-temple name: Los Angeles ARUNACHALA, SINGAPURAM, SEATTLE CHIDAMBARAM, VANCOUVER PURI, OHIO PRAYAG and PHOENIX KANCHEEPURAM. Participants sit cross-legged on mats and cushions in white, saffron, blue and purple clothing, some with garlands, in rooms with deity murti, red drapes and flower decorations. In the bottom-right tile a bald man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala sits in meditation pose before a painted backdrop, shown on a screen rather than in person.2011-11-12A photograph of a large video wall showing a grid of live-link windows from different ashram locations, each framed by a screen. Panels labelled SEATTLE CHIDAMBARAM, SINGAPURAM, LOS ANGELES ARUNACHALA and SAN JOSE MADURAI show groups of devotees seated in front of decorated altars with deity murtis, kalasha pots, flower garlands, oil lamps and fruit offerings. Several women wear saffron, orange and red saris, and some men wear white dhotis. In one panel a standing figure in white and saffron stands before a shrine, and in the lower right a person in an orange robe photographs a richly decorated temple shrine with a gold-framed deity. The video-wall windows show screens of people, not physical people in this room.2012-04-15November 08 20112011-11-08A multi-panel collage of video-link screens showing simultaneous ritual gatherings across several centres. Top left, labelled Los Angeles Arunachala, shows several people in white and orange seated on red mats in a hall, with a few brass vessels before them. Top centre, labelled San Jose Madurai, shows a seated man in a blue shirt and a woman in a red saree in a living room. Middle row, Seattle Chidambaram, shows a man in white pouring liquid into a brass bowl; Charlotte Srisailam shows two people in white seated before a shrine with a deity image and a tray of fruit; Houston Kalahasthi shows two men seated on a rug before a low table. Bottom row includes Ohio Pinyag, where a woman in orange sits before a lit fire pit, and Oman Sivagangai, where several people in white sit before an ornate decorated deity altar. The collage itself is a graphic of screens; the people shown are on screens, not physically present.2013-07-20A screen-grid video conference of multiple satsang locations, with each tile showing a different group. Top-left, a man in white and a woman in white sit before a gold-draped altar with fruit and a brass tray. Top-centre, a group sits on green carpet beside a red-draped shrine with deity murtis. Centre-left, a label reads Los Angeles and people in white and orange sit on red and striped mats near a puja setup. Centre, a label reads San Jose Madurai and a woman in white sits with palms joined on a mat. Right tiles show Kuala Lumpur-Palani and Seattle Chidambaram, with people seated near altars and framed images. Many participants wear white, orange or yellow clothing.2013-07-30A large screen shows a grid of video-call tiles for a satsang, with labelled windows reading Malaysia Palani, Toronto Kailasam, Phoenix Kanchipuram, Los Angeles Arunachala, San Jose Madurai, Ohio Center and Seattle Chidambaram. Tiles show people seated on mats performing puja with oil lamps, a brass thali, flowers and kalasha-like vessels, and a man in white and orange seated before a red-draped altar. In the bottom-right tile a man with long hair, saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits before a gold-decorated backdrop, the screen content being the satsang broadcast. The photograph is of the screen, so the people on it are not physically present.2013-04-09December 22 20112011-12-22A photograph of a video-conference wall showing a grid of nine live feeds from different centres, each with a printed place label. Top left shows a seated group labelled LOS ANGELES ARUNACHALA. Top centre shows several people seated in front of deity murtis labelled SEATTLE CHIDAMBARAM. Top right shows a seated group labelled SAN JOSE MADURAI. Middle left shows a single person seated on a mat labelled Phoenix Kanchipuram. Middle centre shows seated devotees labelled TORONTO KAILASAM. Middle right shows seated people labelled SINGAPURAM. Bottom row includes a feed labelled HYDERABAD BHAGAVANAGAR and, bottom right, a man in saffron and white seated on a golden throne with a garland, wearing a rudraksha mala, who appears to be the speaker. Shrines with deity murtis, garlands and red drapes fill the backgrounds.2012-05-31