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A photograph of a large flat-screen monitor, with a Philips logo below, showing a four-panel video link of ashram sessions. Top left, a white room with gold-framed shrines and a sign reading "TORONTO KAILASAM"; a woman in pink sits on a green mat before the shrine. Top right, a hall with rows of seated women in saffron and red saris and a deity altar in the background. Bottom left, a decorated shrine with coloured deity murtis, and three people in white sitting on striped mats, one with a sign reading "OHIO PRAYAG". Bottom right, a large group of seated children and teenagers in colourful clothes on striped mats. The screen shows people on a video feed, so no physical people are counted in the scene itself.

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Photograph of a large Philips monitor displaying a grid of nine video-linked panels of satsang sessions at different KAILASA centres. Panels show seated devotees in white, saffron, yellow and red clothes before decorated deity altars with draped red and pink fabric, garlands and lamps. Printed labels read Malaysia Pelani, Singapuram, Los Angeles Arunachala, Ohio Prayag, Phoenix Kancheepuram and Toronto Kailasam. In the lower right panel a figure in saffron robe, rudraksha mala and ornate gold necklace sits before a golden throne beside a brass oil lamp, with an on-screen caption reading Paramashivam.2011-11-17December 17 20112011-12-17A photograph of a large screen showing a grid of video panels from multiple centres, a video-conference style collage of ashram gatherings. Panels show people seated on mats in temple rooms decorated with deity murtis, red drapes and garlands. Labels on the panels read Seattle, Toronto Kailasam, Los Angeles Arunachala, Ohio Prayag and Phoenix. The screen is a graphic display; the people shown are on screens, not physically present.2011-12-03December 15 20112011-12-15A photograph of a Philips monitor showing a multi-panel video conference grid of satsang locations, each tile labelled with a place name such as TORONTO KAILASAM, MALAYSIA PALANI, SEATTLE CHIDAMBARAM, SINGAPURAM, OHIO PRAYAG and a tile labelled with a Bangalore-style centre name. Each tile shows people seated on mats and floor cushions before decorated deity murti, gold arches, kalasha-like altars, flower garlands and lamps. In the bottom-right tile, two men in saffron/orange robes sit at a plant-filled room; the man on the left wears a rudraksha mala and sits with his hand near his face, while the man on the right sits in orange clothing with a hand raised to his chin. Several tiles show dozens of seated participants in saffron, white and purple clothes, indicating a large remote gathering.2011-11-18A photograph of a Philips LED monitor displaying a multi-panel video call collage of several temple and ashram locations. Top left, Los Angeles Arunachalam shows a hall with seated devotees on mats and cushions before deity shrines. Top right, Seattle Chidambaram shows a man in white and a woman in purple at a decorated altar with garlands. Middle left, San Jose Madurai shows a seated figure in white and a figure in green on a striped mat. Centre, Singapuram shows a yellow-floored room with a seated figure in orange near a low green-cushioned seat and a laptop. Middle right, Guadeloupe shows a long table with women in colourful dress and offerings. Bottom left, Ohio Rayaa shows a woman in green and a man in white before shrines. Bottom right shows a gold-framed portrait of a seated figure on a gilded throne with lamps, against a painted sky.2011-10-10A photograph of a flat-screen monitor, branded Philips, showing a multi-window video wall of simultaneous live feeds from several KAILASA temple centres. Panels show devotees lying prone in rows on the floor in front of deity murti and decorated altars, with yellow and orange ornamentation. Labels on the feeds read SINGAPURAM, MALAYSIA PALANI, SEATTLE CHIDAMBARAM, OHIO PRAYAG and TORONTO KAILASA. One panel shows a close view of a person in orange and white clothing lying prone on a mat. The scene conveys a synchronized group practice across centres, with dozens of people visible on the screens rather than in the room.2011-11-20A multi-panel collage photograph shown on a dark LED screen, with several inset photos of simultaneous satsang events across different locations. Top left, two women in white and yellow sit on a striped rug before a shrine of deity murtis with flower garlands, with a sign reading OHIO PRAYAG. Top right, a group of around twenty devotees in mixed clothing sits on a wooden floor before a plate of offerings, labelled SINGAPURAM. Bottom row shows a shrine room with a seated group and a sign reading SAN JOSE MADURAI, a shrine with deity murtis and a sign reading Los Angeles ARUNACHALA, and a close view of a man in white with a mala and a gold-framed throne. Inset panels are screen images, and the collage itself contains no physical people.2011-11-07A photograph of a wall-mounted Philips monitor displaying a nine-panel video grid of simultaneous satsang sessions at different centres. Panels show groups seated on mats before deity shrines and garlanded murtis, with labels reading "SAN JOSE MADURAI", "OHIO PRAYAG", "VICTORIA AUSTRALIA", "PHOENIX NGHEEPURAM", "NEW YORK VARANASI" and "GUADELOUPE". In the centre panel a bare-chested man in white dhoti and rudraksha mala sits before a shrine, and a middle panel shows robed figures with orange and red garments at a homa. Devotees in white and pink saris sit in rows, and a kalasha and a lit oil lamp appear in some panels.2011-10-30November 17 20112011-11-17 +1 copiesA photograph of a large monitor displaying a multi-panel video feed of satsang sessions from several centres. Panels show a woman seated on a mat in a yellow-lit room labelled SINGAPURAM, a shrine hall labelled CHIDAMBARAM-style setting, a group in white seated on colourful mats labelled SEATTLE, a panel labelled GUADELOUPE with participants seated around offerings, and a central-lower panel of a man with pink and saffron-tinged clothing, a gold necklace and a pink turban-style head covering seated on an ornate golden throne. The shot shows a screen mounted in a room, with a second monitor partly visible at right displaying a question list.2011-10-18A flat-screen monitor shows a multi-window video grid of simultaneous satsang and puja sessions from different centres, with a Philips monitor frame and a smaller screen beside it. Panels include Toronto Kailasam, Singapuram, Los Angeles, Nadi-Ashram style satsang rooms, Seattle, Ohio Prayag and Phoenix Kailasam. Participants sit on mats in white and coloured clothing before decorated deity murtis, garlands, kalashas and oil lamps. One lower-right panel shows a man in a white shirt seated before a decorated throne-like seat. Readable panel labels name the locations. Overlaid screen labels read Los Angeles, Singapuram, Seattle and Ohio Prayag. The photo is of a display screen showing remote centres.2011-11-27