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A photograph of a darkened room with a large screen showing a video-conference grid of multiple remote participant panels. Panels show people in various settings: a man and woman seated at left in Cluj, Romania; a woman in glasses in Sally Springs, Winston; a woman seated in meditation on a mat in a blue outfit; a man in a white and red ritual outfit on a green mat in the lower right; several people in white and red clothes seated in a room labelled Atlanta, Georgia; a group seated in meditation at Toronto Thirukailaya Adheenam; and a man in a red and white outfit at Vancouver. Labels on the panels name locations including Warrington-UK, Houston Kalahasti Aadheenam, Singapore Singapuram, Vancouver Canada, Hyderabad Adheenam and Minot North Dakota. Remote panels show screens, not physical people in the room.

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A photograph of a large display screen showing a grid of video-conference tiles from a satsang. Most tiles are of devotees in homes or temple rooms, with labels such as Warrington-UK, Houston Kalahasti Aadheenam, Singapore-Singapuram, Vancouver-Bhuvaneshwar, Dubai-Vaidyanatham, Ponca City-OK, Minot North Dakota, Hongkong-Sirkazhi, Cluj Romania, Charlotte-Srisailam and Hyderabad Adheenam. Several tiles show people in white or orange clothing seated before shrines, a kalasha, portraits and deity images. One tile shows a man in a white shirt with a rudraksha mala standing before a red wall, and a Hyderabad Adheenam tile shows a group seated in white. A tile labelled Self View shows a figure in orange and red with a red turban before green foliage. The screen sits in a room with a projector below it.2015-01-29A large wall-mounted display shows a grid of video-conference tiles from multiple locations, each labelled with a city name such as Surrey Canada, Minot North Dakota, Charlotte Srisailam, Rajapalayam Adheenam, Houston Kalahasti Adheenam, Cluj Romania, Hyderabad Adheenam, Singapore Singapuram and Hongkong Sirkazhi. Tiles show devotees seated in ashram rooms, some wearing red or saffron robes, rudraksha malas and white garments, with deity shrines and framed pictures behind them. A tile on the right shows a man in a red turban and saffron robe seated outdoors among green foliage, and another shows a bald man in saffron clothes in a wooden-doored hall. The screen is shown in a dark room during a satsang broadcast.2015-02-03A large screen shows a grid of video-conference tiles from satsang locations around the world, including Houston Kalahasti Adheenam, Surrey Canada, Singapore Singapuram, Minot North Dakota, Warrington UK, Bangalore North, Dubai Vaidyanatham, Doncaster UK, Hyderabad Adheenam and Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam Trivandrum. People in each tile sit or stand in rooms with framed portraits, deity murtis and altars. In one tile a man in orange and white stands beside a placard reading DAKOTA DUNES, and in another a woman holds a placard reading SLOVAKIA POPRAD. A woman in red and white in the lower-right tile lifts her hand, and a man in white sits near a throne-like seat with a kalasha in another tile. The screen is a satsang broadcast, so the people shown are on screens rather than physically present, and no speaker is visibly identifiable as a person.2015-02-21February 03 20152015-02-03September 28 20142014-09-28 +1 copiesA large wall-mounted screen displays a grid of video-conference tiles showing devotees joining a satsang from many locations. Tiles show people seated on floors and chairs in rooms with shrines, deity images, flower garlands, and ritual items. Labels read Houston Kalahasti Aadheenam, Doncaster UK, Mill Valley-Vairavan Koil, Dubai Vaidyanatham, Charlotte Srisailam, Hyderabad Adheenam, Selayang Malaysia, Singapore Singapuram, Surrey Canada, and Washington DC Sripuram. In the Charlotte tile a man in white with a garland sits on a red-and-white rug. In the Singapore tile several people in white and red sit before a shrine of deity murtis. A pedia.org at lower right2015-02-01Photo 11693165February 01 20152015-02-01February 14 20152015-02-14April 13 20132013-04-13 +1 copiesA 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.2013-11-15A photograph of a large video wall showing a grid of live-streamed feeds from many ashram and centre locations, each labelled with a place name such as Bogota Colombia, Singapore Singapuram, Johannesburg South Africa, Paris Home Temple, Dallas Dwaraka, Sanantonio Texas, Los Angeles Arunachala, Northumberland UK, San Jose Madurai and Toronto Kailasam. Inside the tiles, devotees sit on floors and sofas, some in saffron or orange robes, and a figure in orange and red sits cross-legged on a raised platform with a red cloth and flowers at the Charlotte tile. A gold-framed portrait appears at the bottom right tile. The screen shows a satsang conducted across many centres at once.2014-03-09