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A large display screen shows a nine-panel video conference grid of satsang participants in different locations. Top-left, a framed deity portrait sits beside a sofa with two seated people. Top-middle shows a room with a UK placard and a bald man. Top-right shows a room with a Guadeloupe placard and a banner. Middle-centre shows people seated on a floor with a Singapuram sign. Bottom-left shows four people in white and red sitting before folding screens. Bottom-right shows a bearded man beside a framed portrait with a garland, the panel timestamped 10:35:44 PM OCT 1 2011, and a woman in white and gold seated in a chair speaking into a microphone. Visible physical people are roughly twenty, with the screen image showing the participants.

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October 01 20112011-10-01October 01 20112011-10-01A photograph of a dark control room showing a large monitor split into a grid of nine live video feeds from different locations. The feeds show people seated in various rooms: a woman in a yellow top beside a shrine with a lit lamp, a cushioned sofa with a sign reading UK, a group seated on a red carpet holding a handmade sign, people in a yellow-walled hall, and a bed with a figure under a yellow blanket. Framed portrait photographs appear in several feeds, one depicting a figure in orange and gold robes. A timestamp at the bottom right reads 10:33:35 PM, OCT 1 2011. A bright blue screen sits to the right.2011-10-01October 01 20112011-10-01A photograph of a large flat-screen monitor showing a nine-panel video call grid of satsang and ritual gatherings from different locations. Panels include a living room with a pooja shrine and oil lamps, a sitting room with a sofa, a hall with devotees seated on white mats, a room with a flower-decorated deity murti, and a yellow-walled room with a deity altar. One panel shows a seated figure in saffron clothing before a framed portrait, another a figure in ornate green-and-gold garments on a microphone. A timestamp reads 10:33:45 and Oct 1 2011.2011-10-01A 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.2013-10-13A dark room with a monitor showing a nine-panel video call grid of small camera feeds, including devotees in living rooms, a sign reading UK, a portrait of a bearded figure in a saffron-toned frame, and a people seated on the floor around offerings. A bright studio light hangs above the screen, and a second monitor on the right shows a blue screen with a photograph of carved wood. The screen displays a timestamp reading 10:33 AM OCT 01 2011. Several people are visible in the feeds, but the physical people in this room are none except the photographer's surroundings.2011-10-01A photograph of a monitor displaying a multi-panel video conference grid of satsang participants in various locations. Top-centre panel shows a room with a sign and a seated woman in white beside a man in green; a man in a green jacket and a young boy in a striped shirt sit in front. Right panels show women in saris and seated groups, and a panel of seated devotees before deity murtis. Lower-right panel shows a figure in a white robe on a decorated throne with a canopy and ornate cushions, shown from behind. Bottom-left panel shows seated attendees in yellow, red and white clothing.2010-12-28October 01 20112011-10-01A photograph of a large screen showing a split video-conference grid of four live feeds plus one speaker. Top left shows a seated group on a red and white mat with a Guadeloupe Center sign and a framed portrait of a guru. Top right shows a woman in a teal embroidered kurta and a man in a dark jacket seated in front of a framed portrait and a UK sign with a brass tray of offerings. Bottom left shows three seated people in orange and white clothes in front of a Singapore sign with a small offering plate. Bottom middle shows a seated group in white and orange clothes with a Kulim Malaysia sign. Bottom right shows a close-up of a man in orange clothing with a red bindi and a rudraksha mala speaking into a microphone, with a golden backdrop.2011-08-28 +1 copiesOctober 01 20112011-10-01A large wall screen shows a grid of live video feeds from several satsang locations, each panel captioned with a place name such as Toronto Kailasam, Vakia Shivalokam, San Jose Madurai, Guadeloupe, East London UK, Houston Kailasi, Singapore Singapore and Los Angeles Arunachala. Participants sit on mats and cushions in white and coloured clothes, some with folded hands, others seated on sofas. A woman in a pink headscarf and a man in a grey kurta are visible in one panel, and a woman in a red sari stands at the far right beside a man at a microphone. The screen is a photograph of a display, so the people visible are on screens, not physically present, and the frame carries a copyright and source notice.2013-08-19