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A nine-panel collage shown on a large screen in a room, with each panel a live video feed of a different room where people lie prostrate on the floor in pada-puja style. Panel labels read Victoria Australia, Adelaide, North New Jersey, Dallas Dwarka, Port Washington New York, Atlanta Ujjain, Houston Kalahasthi and Varanasi. Some rooms hold statues, framed portraits, flowers and offering plates, and a person in orange and red athletic clothes performs a prostration in the bottom-right panel. The people pictured are on screens, not physically present, and no a person candidate appears in the image.

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A screen displays a nine-panel video call grid of devotees meeting in different homes. Panels are labelled ATLANTA UJJAIN, PORT WASHINGTON NEW YORK, HOUSTON KALAHASTHI, DALLAS SRIRANGAM, VICTORIA AUSTRALIA and PURI, with people seated on mats in white and orange clothing, many in prayer posture around flower offerings, plates and framed deity pictures. In the bottom right panel a bald man in orange robes and rudraksha mala sits in meditation on an orange mat, shown as a depicted image beside a statue-like figure.2011-11-20A photograph of a large wall-mounted video display showing a nine-panel video call grid of devotees seated in home shrine rooms in different cities. Labels include ATLANTA UJJAIN, PHILADELPHIA, HOUSTON KALAHASTHI, DALLAS DHARAKA, PORT WASHINGTON NEW YORK, VICTORIA AUSTRALIA and VANCOUVER PURI. Participants sit on mats and cushions before altars with flowers, fruit plates, deity pictures and oil lamps. In the bottom-right panel a bald man in an orange garment with beaded necklace appears on screen, and the grid includes a shaved-head man in white with rudraksha beads in the Victoria panel. Eight to ten physical people are visible across the rooms.2011-11-20November 17 20112011-11-17December 22 20112011-12-22A photograph of a large monitor showing a video-conference grid of nine tiles, each a remote group or individual. Top tiles include a yellow-shirted man and a woman seated beside a white sign reading VANCOUVER, another with a man in a white cap and sleeveless top beside statues labelled VICTORIA AUSTRALIA. A middle tile shows participants in pink and white seated before a shrine with deity murtis and orange drapery. Another middle tile shows a woman in white seated before a red cushion, with a sign reading PORT WASHINGTON NEW YORK and a tray of flowers. A bottom-left tile shows a group seated in white and pink with a sign reading DELOUPE, and a bottom-middle tile shows a group in pink and yellow seated with a sign reading BENGALURU. In the bottom-right tile, a bald man in an orange robe with glasses sits with eyes closed, a rudraksha mala at his neck.2011-11-16November 13 20112011-11-13November 29 20112011-11-29December 11 20112011-12-11November 17 20112011-11-17November 08 20112011-11-08A large video wall displays a grid of nine live video feeds of devotees performing a seated arm-raised stretch in home and centre rooms. Labels on the screens read Bengaluru, Guadeloupe, Gloria Australia, Calgary Amarnath, Port Washington New York, Charlotte Srisailam and Houston Kalahasti. In the top right, several people in white and blue clothing kneel before a shrine with deity murtis and orange drapery. In the bottom right, a large screen shows an orange-robed figure with a rudraksha mala in a seated pose, which may be a depiction. Plants and framed pictures are visible in the rooms.2011-11-18A multi-window video conference grid of meditating participants at different centres, each in a separate tile. Top left: people sit on a red and white rug beside a sign reading GUADELOUPE, with a framed deity picture and flowers. Top right: a shirtless man in white sits before a shrine of murtis under a sign reading VICTORIA AUSTRALIA. Middle row: a seated group at ATLANTA UJJAIN, a woman in a pink shawl at NEW YORK, and two people in blue and white sitting on mats under a CHARLOTTE-SRISHILAM sign. Lower left: a group at BENGALURU with a person in an orange top. Centre bottom: a woman in blue and a woman in white meditate before colourful murtis. People are seen on screens, so the physical count is zero.2011-11-29