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A large video wall displays a grid of live-link screens showing multiple satsang centres at once. Top left, a group of seated attendees in casual clothes sits behind a table with a sign reading VANCOUVER PURT. Top right, a crowd in orange and colourful clothing sits with a sign reading SINGAPURAM. Middle left, a small group sits on a green carpet before a decorated altar with an orange drape, beside a sign reading OKLAHOMA SOMNATHAM. Middle centre shows people seated on an orange floor before a sign reading OHIO. A bottom-right screen shows a large seated crowd in a hall. Bottom-right corner shows a figure in an orange robe seated on an ornate golden throne, displayed on a screen as a depiction.

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A photograph of a large monitor displaying a grid of video-conference tiles from multiple satsang centres. Several tiles show groups seated in meditation and prayer on mats, many with flower garlands, kalasha-like offerings and deity murti on decorated altars. Labels on tiles read SINGAPURAM, TORONTO, SAN JOSE, LOS ANGELES, OKLAHOMA, ANNA NAGAR and others. One tile shows a person seated cross-legged on a red throne-like seat beneath a mandala-style backdrop, near the bottom right. Tiles show people in saffron, red, white and green clothing.2012-09-15 +1 copiesJune 06 20122012-06-06 +1 copiesJuly 10 20122012-07-10July 18 20122012-07-18June 22 20122012-06-22 +1 copiesA photograph of a large monitor displaying a multi-panel collage of video stills from temple and ashram gatherings. Several panels show groups of people seated on floors and mats before decorated altars with deity murtis, garlands and flowers. A bottom-centre panel shows a bare-chested man with a white tilak, rudraksha-style garland and a red-patterned backdrop, and a right-hand panel shows a figure in saffron robes seated among offerings. Some panels carry printed city-name signs such as Seattle, Oklahoma Sonnetham and San Jose Madurai. The collage content is screen imagery, so no physical people are counted in the room beyond the handful of people in the scene behind the monitor.2012-09-26A multi-tile video call screen shows a satsang with many participant feeds joined together. Tiles include seated devotees in white and colourful clothes in a hall, a woman in yellow sitting on a pink mat before an altar labelled Oklahoma Somnatham, a group in a room with a 'Bangalore Nithyananda Vidyalaya' sign, a seated meditator labelled Adheena, a group before deity murtis and red drapes labelled Ohio Prayag, and a woman with hands raised in a tile labelled New Jersey Dhyanapeetham. The bottom-right tile shows a man in saffron-orange robes with long dark hair, rudraksha mala and a trident, lit against a green draped backdrop, a probable Swamiji depiction on a screen. Many deity murtis and garlanded altars appear across the tiles.2012-09-26June 30 20122012-06-30 +1 copiesPhotograph of a large video wall showing a grid of live feeds from multiple temple centres. Tiles show groups seated on floors performing puja, with shrines of deity murtis decorated with red and gold drapery, oil lamps, and kalasha-style offerings. Printed labels on tiles read Phoenix Kanchipuram, Seattle Vedamandaram, Oklahoma Somnathan, Toronto Sivalayam and San Jose Madurai. In the lower right tile, a man in orange and white ritual clothing with a red-and-gold ornate backdrop and a gold necklace is seated on a throne; a caption reads 'Paramahamsa Nithyananda' area text not clearly legible. Bottom right corner carries a copyright notice.2012-10-17A multi-panel video-call collage, shown on a screen, of several ashram centres joined for a group puja. Each tile is labelled with a city-name sign such as Los Angeles Aranakal, Malaysia Kalani, Seattle Chidambaram, Oklahoma Somnatham, Toronto Kalasam, Phoenix Kanchipuram, San Jose Madurai and Houston Kalahasti. Participants sit cross-legged on mats in white, saffron and orange clothing, some with hands in anjali mudra, while altars with deity murti, flower garlands, kalasha and oil lamps appear behind them. One tile shows a seated pair in front of a golden deity murti on a throne draped with garlands, and a small portrait is visible in the corner. The screen-displayed people are not counted as physical people in this scene.2012-10-23April 15 20122012-04-15A photograph of a large monitor displaying a video conference grid of many small live feeds from different locations, each labelled with a place name. Feeds show groups of people seated in homes and centres: a woman in orange and a man in white at a table with flowers, a group in white seated on the floor, a man in an orange shawl in Bengaluru North, and a bald man in white with a mala and a woman in white with a mala in Port Washington NY. Labels include Singapore Singapuram, San Diego Tsru Alavi, New York Varanasi, Bengaluru North, Port Washington NY and Sri Julien Pranam. Visible people in the screens are part of the feeds, not physical people in the room.2013-04-14