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A photograph of a large computer monitor showing a video-conference grid of many small participant windows, used for a remote session. Tiles show people in various rooms: a woman in a white cardigan sits cross-legged in meditation at right, a group of people in white clothes gathers in one tile, and a tile shows a man in a grey shirt beside a woman in a sari. Handwritten signs are held up in several tiles, including one reading LAWSHET (partly legible) and cardboard labels reading COLLEGE STATION TEXAS, Winston-Salem North Carolina BERWICK ROAD, CHENNAI WEST EXTENSION, Hong Kong and STRATFORD Connecticut. Several participants are visible in the grid, and the room behind the monitor is partly visible.

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Photograph of a large monitor showing a video-conference grid of many participant tiles, taken in a room with a screen in view. Most tiles show small groups of people in homes or offices; several hold handmade signs reading "Winston-Salem North Carolina", "College Station Texas", "Chennai West Extension", and "Nithyananda Paramashivam Kastav Croatia". In the upper right, a bald man in a white jacket sits cross-legged with hands joined before a framed portrait and flowers. A tile labelled "Largest Satsang" appears near the top. Other participants stand or sit, some in saris and some in Western clothes, while a few hold up a green placard. The image depicts a remote satsang session.2012-10-16A photograph of a monitor showing a video-conference grid of many small participant tiles, each a remote webcam view of a different room. Visible tiles include people seated on a floor in a living room beside a sign reading WESTON FL, a crowded room of white-clad people, a person holding a sign reading CHENNAI, a woman in red holding a sign reading MEBANE NORTH CAROLINA, a sign reading EAST LONDON U.K., a tile labelled SADHNA KAILASH SURREY canada, and a tile with a sign reading LA POMONA. Participants wear mostly white, red and muted clothing, with some rudraksha-style beads visible. The grid is a remote satsang-style gathering, and the screen framing is an unremarkable video call with no identifiable central figure.2012-07-19 +1 copiesA photograph of a large monitor showing a video-conference grid of many small live feeds from different temples and locations. Tiles are labelled with place names such as Seattle Chidambaram, Hong Kong, Kastav Croatia, Paris Home Temple, San Jose Madhuvan, Sharjah and Malaysia Palani. One tile shows a few seated people in a room with a Nithyananda Vedic Temple Seattle banner; another shows a woman in a salmon-pink top speaking; another shows a figure in white with a red shawl. Several tiles show bright indoor rooms with flowers and devotees.2013-04-10September 28 20132013-09-28 +1 copiesApril 14 20132013-04-14September 07 20122012-09-07 +1 copiesApril 14 20132013-04-14A photograph of a large monitor showing a grid of video-call tiles from multiple satsang centres, each labelled with a location such as Dallas - Dwaraka, Singapore 2, Hong Kong, Kulim Malaysia and Houston Aadheenam. Participants in white and colourful clothes sit in rooms with shrines, sofas and framed pictures. Some tiles show a man in white with a shaved head and a woman in white with a green shawl. A small portrait-style tile labelled Mont Saint Jean France shows an older man. Tiles show gatherings of seated devotees during an online discourse session.2015-09-06February 01 20152015-02-01February 14 20152015-02-14A large video-conference screen shows a grid of sixteen tiles, each a remote satsang location with participants seated on mats or sofas. Labels read St. Louis Tirumala, Charlotte Sriaram, Bangalore Malleshwaram, Houston Southwest, Washington D.C. Sripuram, New York Varanasi, Turkey, Brockley London, Bangalore Whitefield, Arunachala, Singapura, Guadeloupe Ramatirtha and Reunion. In the bottom-right tile a figure with long hair, a rudraksha mala and an orange robe sits on an ornate gold throne, appearing to be Swamiji (probable), shown on the screen rather than physically present. Other tiles show participants in white and saffron clothing, a deity photo and a kalasha, and an oil lamp on a small table.2012-09-07September 07 20122012-09-07