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A photograph of a large screen showing a video-conference feed from Los Angeles Arunachala. A white caption banner reads LOS ANGELES ARUNACHALA across the top. Many seated devotees fill the room in mostly white, cream and red clothing, with several women in red and orange saris at the front. Some sit on striped mats and rugs with brass pots, flowers and offering plates in front of them. Background rows of audience members sit on chairs.

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October 28 20132013-10-28A photograph of a projection screen showing a live video link, with a white banner reading "LOS ANGELES ARUNACHALA" in bold black capitals across the top. The feed shows a seated group on striped mats and cushions in a hall with chairs behind. Most attendees wear white, red, orange and pink clothing. A figure in white robes sits near the centre, with a small table or puja setup and brass items in front of the group. Several people in the rear stand or sit on chairs, and some seated women in red and orange sari-style dress press their palms together.2013-10-28Photograph of a television screen showing a live video-conference feed of a Guru Purnima satsang at the Los Angeles Arunachala centre. A banner reading "Los Angeles Arunachala" hangs across the top of the hall. Many people sit on red-draped floor cushions in white, orange, pink and yellow clothes, with fruit offerings and baskets arranged in the foreground at lower right. A standing person in white robes stands at left and another in white at right near the aisle. A large deity picture or altar is visible at the far back of the hall. The shot is taken at an angle from the screen itself, so the image is slightly blurred.2013-07-22A photograph of a video-conference screen showing a live feed labelled "LOS ANGELES ARUNACHALA" in black block letters on a white banner across the top. Beneath it, a seated group of roughly twenty to thirty people fills a room, many in white or light clothing, some in red, pink and blue. In the foreground, a figure in an ochre-and-cream robe sits cross-legged on a striped mat beside a small table with offerings, while a woman in purple sits nearby on a low mat. A woman in red-brown hair and a dark top sits at left.2013-10-28April 07 20132013-04-07Photo 11739385November 14 20112011-11-14April 07 20132013-04-07July 22 20132013-07-22A photograph of a television or video screen showing a live link to the Los Angeles Arunachala centre. A white banner reads Los Angeles Arunachala across the top of the screen. Beneath it, a large group of seated devotees fills a hall, many in white and orange, pink, red and yellow clothing. Some sit on mats and cushions before a stage with a decorated altar, flowers and fruit arranged in the foreground. Several people in white clothes sit near the front, and one figure in white sits at the far right edge. Fruit offerings and baskets lie on the floor in front, consistent with a Guru Purnima offering.2013-07-22A photograph of a large screen showing a live video feed of a seated congregation at a centre labelled "Los Angeles Arunachala" in white banner text across the top. Many people sit closely together in white, orange, pink and blue clothing, some with white head coverings, and several appear to be in meditative or devotional postures.2013-04-14A flat-screen display in a hall shows a photograph captioned "Los Angeles Arunachala" with a small label "LA-Arunachala" below. The pictured group of about 20 people sits on red mats and cushions in front of a shrine draped with orange cloth, marigold and rose garlands, and a framed portrait garlanded in flowers. Attendees wear white, saffron-orange, pink and teal clothing, and some sit cross-legged in meditation posture. A portrait on the altar is a depiction, not a physical person. The screen itself is photographed, so the physical people in the scene are only the blurred attendees seen on the display.2013-04-07