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A grid of fifteen video-call panels shown on a large dark screen, a virtual satsang with devotees in many locations. Most panels show small groups seated on mats or sofas before home shrines with deity murtis, lamps and flowers. Labelled panels read SAN JOSE MADURAI, HOUSTON KALAHASTI, OKLAHOMA SOMANATHAN, SEATTLE RAMANATHAPURAM, ANNA NAGAR and MALAYSIA PALANI. Bottom right, a large screen shows a rendered figure of a saffron-robed man with rudraksha malas and forehead tilaka against a red sunburst backdrop, a cartoon-style graphic. The page indicates a person attended, but that figure is a depiction, and no a person candidate is physically visible in the scene.

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A photograph of a large wall-mounted or monitor display showing a grid of video-call tiles from multiple centres. Many tiles show groups of people seated for a satsang or meditation, with devotees in saffron, white and pink clothing, shrines and deity murtis, oil lamps and small banners in the background. One tile in the lower right shows a man with orange robes, rudraksha malas and a bindi-like forehead mark seated before a red patterned backdrop; he appears to be a person, and the display is a screen, so this is a depiction. Banners on tiles read San Jose Madurai, Houston Kalama, Delhi Dwarka, Seattle Chamakam and Malaysia Pulai. Visible physical people in the room are few, and the tiles are screens, so people are counted as 0 in the physical scene.2012-09-22A photograph of a flat-screen television displaying a video-conference grid of many remote satsang sites, each tile showing people seated on mats or chairs in temples, homes and halls. Tiles include a Malaysia Palani scene with a decorated chariot-like shrine, a Madurai site, a Houston room, an Oklahoma Sonlitikkam tile, a Seattle tile, and an Anna Nagar tile. Several participants wear white, orange and saffron clothes. In the lower right tile, a man in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala and gold ornaments sits on a red throne against a red backdrop, appearing as a person on a screen. Other tiles show deity murtis, kalasha and flower garlands.2012-09-22A photograph of a large video wall displaying a grid of live video feeds from different centres, showing devotees gathered in temples and halls for a satsang. Panels show people sitting on mats and cushions in white, red and yellow clothing, a woman in a red and orange sari at a lectern, a shaved-headed man in yellow robes seated before a red cushion in a Seattle hall, and a shrine with red drapes and deity murti. Small signs read Seattle, Kulim Malaysia, Oklahoma and San Jose Madurai. The bottom right panel shows a large ornate image of Shiva with a tilak, adorned with rudraksha and gold-coloured decoration.2013-02-22 +1 copiesOctober 10 20122012-10-10May 03 20132013-05-03July 23 20122012-07-23March 08 20132013-03-08 +1 copiesA large video wall displays a grid of about a dozen live video feeds of devotee groups in different locations, each tile labelled with a place name such as "San Jose Madurai", "Seattle Hidambaram", "Oklahoma Somnatham", "Phoenix Tirupuram", "Houston Kalahasti" and "Malaysia Palani". Groups sit on mats for pada-puja, yoga and satsang before shrines with deity murtis, kalasha and garlands. In the lower right tile, a bare-chested man with a white forehead mark and rudraksha beads plays a small hand instrument beside a red-curtained shrine. On the right, a large poster portrait shows a smiling man in a saffron turban with a ceremonial gold necklace. Around twenty to thirty people are visible across the tiles, including sitters in white and saffron clothes and some children.2012-09-21A 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.2013-04-09October 26 20132013-10-26A photograph of a large screen showing a video-conference grid of about a dozen tiles, each showing a different group of people gathered in meditation or satsang at centres in various cities. Tiles show people seated on mats and cushions beside brass lamps, kalasha pots, flower offerings and deity images. Banners read Oklahoma Sowmatham, Guadeloupe, Adyar Chennai, Kulimalai, Singapuram, San Jose Madurai and New York Varanasi. In the bottom-right tile a figure with long dark hair, a rudraksha mala, gold ornaments and a crimson-trimmed shawl sits before a gold backdrop and speaks into a microphone, a probable Swamiji appearance on screen.2013-02-22 +1 copiesMay 08 20132013-05-08