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A photograph of a large screen showing a video-conference grid of many small live panels, each a different devotee location. Panels labelled with place names include Charlotte Srisailam, Washington DC Sripuram, New York Varanasi, NY Varanasi Morris Plains NJ, Keeto Ecuador, Oklahoma Somnatham and NewYork/Varanasi-Wilmington. Many participants sit cross-legged in white clothes with white blindfolds or head coverings and rudraksha malas, meditating with hands in mudra. One panel shows a seated figure in white with a rudraksha mala beside a tray of offerings, and another shows a deity murti on an altar with a red and gold backdrop. Participants are seen through their individual screens, and the scene reads as a multi-location meditation session.

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February 15 20152015-02-15February 16 20152015-02-16A photograph of a large wall-mounted display screen showing a grid of video-conference tiles from multiple locations linked for a live session. Tiles labelled with place names include Keeto Ecuador, Charlotte Srivedam, St. Louis Festus, Oklahoma Somnatham, NY Varanasi Morris Plains NJ, New York/Varanasi-Wilmington, Sun Prairie Wisconsin, San Jose Madurai, and El Paso Texas. Within the tiles, small groups sit on mats and cushions in front of shrines with lit oil lamps and deity murti, and some people sit in chairs; one tile shows a person in a red top and rudraksha mala seated in a red chair. The screen itself is shown, not the people inside it, and a copyright notice is overlaid at the bottom right.2015-02-16A photograph of a large screen displaying a grid of video-call panels from multiple KAILASA centres, each labelled with a city name such as New York Varanasi, Los Angeles Arunachala, Toronto Kailasam, Singapore Singapuram, Atlanta Ujjaini, Seattle Chidambaram, Oklahoma Somnatham and Houston Kalahasthi. Participants in white and saffron clothing, many wearing face masks, sit cross-legged on rugs and cushions during a group meditation session. Some panels show deity altars with red drapes and decorations.2013-04-07February 15 20152015-02-15February 16 20152015-02-16November 11 20112011-11-11A photograph of a large display screen showing a video-conference grid of many small live feeds from different locations. Each tile is labelled with a city name in white text, including Phoenix Kanchipuram, Singapore Singapore, Los Angeles Arunachalam, New York Varanasi, Oklahoma Somnatham, Toronto Kailasam, Seattle Chidambaram, Charlotte-Srisailam, Atlanta Ujjaini and San Jose Madurai. Participants sit cross-legged on mats and carpets in meditation or satsang postures, several wearing white kurtas and some in dark clothing, with shrine backdrops of deity murti and red drapes visible in several tiles. On the right edge of the screen a partial tile shows a seated figure in red and orange robes.2013-04-06April 06 20132013-04-06A 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 copiesMay 08 20132013-05-08A photograph of a large video-wall screen showing a grid of live video-conference feeds for a satsang, with a cinema-like frame and a grey wall around it. Each tile is labelled with a city-and-temple name, including Houston Kalashasthi, Charlotte Srisailam, Los Angeles Arunachala, Ohio Prayag, San Jose Madurai, Sharjah, Oklahoma Somanatham, Toronto Kailasam, Kuala Lumpur Palani and Seattle Chidambaram. Participants sit on mats and cushions in ashram-style rooms; some wear saffron and orange robes, others white, and several have shaved or covered heads. One Toronto tile shows a man in dark robes and a head covering seated by a small offering. Altars with deity murtis, orange drapes and a large framed portrait appear in several tiles. The screen shows people only on screens, so no physical participants are in the photographed room; the feeds show seated devotees in groups.2013-11-15