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A photograph of a large dark display screen showing a multi-panel collage of event photos. Labelled panels read NEW JERSEY - Onkareshwar, Calgary Amarnath, CHARLOTTE-SRISAILAM and SINGAPURAM. The panels show devotees seated on mats, a group of people in white clothes around a ritual setup with lamps and offerings, and a seated figure in a saffron-orange robe with a rudraksha mala and ornate gold necklace on the right. The collage itself contains no physical people; the screen is in a room with other monitors at the edges.

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April 01 20132013-04-01A photograph of a dark room with a large display screen showing a multi-panel video wall of live feeds from several centres. Top left panel labelled NEW JERSEY - Omkareshwar shows a seated figure on a rug before a low table with offerings. Top right panel labelled Calgary Amarnath shows a dim interior with people. Bottom row panels include SINGAPURAN, showing people seated on mats in a group, and CHARLOTTE-SRISAILAM, showing seated devotees in an indoor hall, with a woman in a dark headscarf and striped sari in the foreground. Other devotees in white and colourful clothing sit in the video panels, and a partial feed at right shows a hall with people. The screen displays pictured participants rather than the room's occupants.2013-04-01A photograph of a dark display screen showing a multi-window video feed of remote centres, with labelled panels reading NEW JERSEY - Omkareshwar, Calgary Amarnath, CHARLOTTE-SRISAILAM and SINGAPURAM. Panels show people seated or standing in rooms: a woman in a red-and-maroon sari sits on a rug in the New Jersey panel, a group of devotees with folded hands stands in the Calgary panel, a person in white sits on the floor in the Charlotte panel, and a woman in a green sari with palms together appears in another panel. A small purple logo sits in the top-left corner and a partial feed of a room is visible on the right edge of the screen. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable in the visible panels.2013-04-01April 01 20132013-04-01 +1 copiesNovember 05 20112011-11-05Photograph of a control setup with two monitors showing a video conference grid of remote participant locations. On the left monitor, labelled panels read New Jersey - Omkareshwar, Calgary Amarnath, Charlotte-Srisailam and Singapuram; one panel shows a seated figure in orange and saffron clothing with rudraksha beads, on an ornate golden throne, and other panels show groups seated on mats. On the right monitor, a grid of remote participants includes panels labelled Scottsdale and Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, with people seated in home settings. A cameraman in white clothing with a bracelet operates a tripod-mounted camera at the left edge. Two wall air-conditioning units are visible above.2013-04-01A dark room with a large video wall of nine tiled screens showing live feeds from different centres. Most panels show groups of devotees seated on mats or cushions in halls, with labels such as SINGAPURAM, HOUSTON KALAHASTI, WASHINGTON D.C. SRIPURAM, NEW JERSEY Omkareshwar, Sri Krishna Dwaraka-style and KRUNCHALA on the screens. One lower-right panel shows a figure in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala, standing before a golden arched backdrop decorated with yellow flowers and garlands, a depiction of a person on a screen. Physical people in the room itself are not visible; the people shown are on the screens.2011-11-05A screen displaying a multi-panel collage of video-call style photographs of satsang and puja gatherings from several centres, each panel labelled with a place name. Top left, a panel labelled "PHOENIX KANCHIPURAM" shows a woman in red sitting before a decorated altar and a man in white seated beside her. Top right, a panel labelled "Seattle Chidambaram" shows a woman in orange seated on a red and gold cushioned mat. Middle left, two people in orange garments and rudraksha-style beaded necklaces sit on an orange sofa. Centre, a panel labelled "Calgary Amarnath" shows a woman in a red shawl on a grey sofa. Middle right, a panel labelled "SINGAPORE SINGAPURAM" shows a large group of seated devotees, many in orange and saffron garments with garlands. Bottom left, a panel labelled "WASHINGTON DC SRIPURAM" shows a woman in blue seated before a deity murti and colourful decorations. Bottom right shows a blurred group of people in a room.2014-08-16A 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.2013-04-06Photograph of a monitor displaying a grid of video-conference tiles of satsang participants in many locations. Tiles include Monterrey-Mexico, Bengaluru North, Vancouver Puri, Paris Kalighat, Calgary Amarnath, Singapore, Bielefeld London UK, Charlotte-Srisailam, Dubai Thirukovilur and Bangalore-Marathahalli, each labelled with a printed caption. In the bottom-right tile a figure with long dark hair wears an orange-and-saffron robe and rudraksha mala, seated on a gold-cushioned throne, appearing to be Swamiji (probable). Other tiles show people seated in white, red and saffron clothing on mats and sofas in rooms with altars, paintings and rugs. A2013-04-10 +1 copiesA large screen showing a video-conference grid of multiple remote groups practising together. Panels show groups seated on mats and chairs in different rooms: a group in a white-walled room labelled Charlotte Ashram, a group in orange and pink clothing, a group seated on a rug labelled New York Nithyananda Dhyanapeetham Sanatana-area signage, a group in green and red in Calgary Ashram, and a panel labelled Tucson. In the lower right panel a bare-chested man with a red cloth draped over his shoulder and beaded necklaces sits with a garland, appearing to receive a flower from a woman.2011-11-06October 07 20122012-10-07 +1 copies