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A large screen displays a multi-panel video-conference collage of satsang centres, each panel labelled with a place name. Panels show groups of devotees seated on mats and rugs in temple-style rooms with deity images, lamps and offerings. In the centre panel labelled KULIM - THIRUTHANI, a bare-chested man with long hair and a white garment stands beside a woman in red-and-pink sari, with a brass tray of offerings in front. In the lower-left panel a man in white sits at a puja arrangement. A woman in a white-and-red shawl sits in a yellow-walled room labelled KASTAV CROATIA. Lamps and flower garlands surround the altars.

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July 28 20132013-07-28A screen-grid photograph of a multi-site online satsang session, with tiles showing separate groups of devotees in different locations. Labels read Toronto Kailasam, Seattle Chidambaram, Oklahoma Somnatham, Charlotte-Srisailam, Kastav Croatia and Croatia. Tiles show people seated on mats or chairs in meditation or group sitting, some in white and orange clothing, with a shrine decorated with flowers and a red-draped altar in the Seattle tile. A tile on the left shows a man in a dark jacket beside a woman, and a Croatia tile shows a woman in white with an orange shawl. The screen is the central subject, with people shown only through the video tiles.2013-04-14A large screen displays a video-conference grid of many live feeds from different centres, each labelled with a place name such as Toronto Kailasam, Seattle Chidambaram, Oklahoma Somnatham, San Jose Madurai, Sharjah, Ohio Prayag, Kuala Lumpur-Palani, Singapore Sivaganga and Los Angeles Ayuda Nagaram. Inside the panels, people sit on mats around decorated puja tables with offerings, flowers and oil lamps, some in saffron and red clothing, while others stand or sit in a satsang-style gathering. A small framed portrait on one panel shows a smiling saffron-robed figure, identified only by its caption.2013-05-03A multi-panel collage of video-call tiles from different centres, each showing devotees in a home or temple setting. Top-left tile labelled SURREY BC shows a framed portrait of a saffron-turbaned figure above a shrine. The Ohio Prayag tile shows seated devotees in white and an elderly man in white beside deity murtis and flower offerings. The San Jose Madurai tile shows two people seated on mats. The Kastav Croatia tile shows three men in white seated on a mat before colourful deity murtis. The Kuala Lumpur Palani tile shows a saffron-robed figure seated before a shrine. Other tiles show a woman in white seated on a cushion beside offerings, a Toronto Kailasam group with seated devotees, and an Oklahoma Somnatham tile with a woman in white among deity figures. The bottom-right tile shows a gold-framed portrait of a smiling man in a saffron turban.2013-09-23A screen shows a multi-window video-conference grid of temple and ashram locations, each labelled with a printed caption: HYDERABAD, RAMESWARAM, TORONTO KAILASAM, LOS ANGELES ARUNACHALA, SAN JOSE MADURAI, OHIO PRAYAG, OKLAHOMA SOMNATHAM and CHARLOTTE SRISAILAM. In the Rameswaram window, a row of seated devotees in white, pink and green clothes sits on a mat, one man in blue palms together, with a banana-leaf offering plate before them. In the Toronto window a bald man in a dark robe stands, and seated devotees in saffron and white sit nearby. The Oklahoma window shows a deity altar with decorated murtis and a standing figure in white. Several people are visible across the windows, mostly seated in satsang or puja settings.2013-11-16 +1 copiesA 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.2013-04-06May 08 20132013-05-08A photograph of a screen showing a video-conference grid of many small live feeds from different ashram and centre locations. Feeds include a woman in white with orange cloth speaking at a table with flowers, a central group seated on a floor before a deity shrine with lamps, and several people in orange and white sitting in meditation or puja settings. Labels on the tiles read Guadalupe, Kuala Lumpur-Palani, San Jose Madurai, Charlotte Srisailam, Toronto Kailasam, Los Angeles Arunachala, Ohio Prayag and Chidambaram. A tile at lower right shows a close view of a hand holding a small lit flame and white flower. Several people are visible across the feeds, mostly seated in small groups, with a total of roughly twenty to thirty people visible across all tiles. A man in orange sits cross-legged on a floor mat in one feed, with a seated figure in white nearby.2013-07-02July 06 20132013-07-06A photograph of a large video-wall screen showing a grid of live video-conference feeds for a satsang, with a cinema-like frame and a grey wall around it. Each tile is labelled with a city-and-temple name, including Houston Kalashasthi, Charlotte Srisailam, Los Angeles Arunachala, Ohio Prayag, San Jose Madurai, Sharjah, Oklahoma Somanatham, Toronto Kailasam, Kuala Lumpur Palani and Seattle Chidambaram. Participants sit on mats and cushions in ashram-style rooms; some wear saffron and orange robes, others white, and several have shaved or covered heads. One Toronto tile shows a man in dark robes and a head covering seated by a small offering. Altars with deity murtis, orange drapes and a large framed portrait appear in several tiles. The screen shows people only on screens, so no physical participants are in the photographed room; the feeds show seated devotees in groups.2013-11-15A grid of video-call tiles shown on a large screen, each labelled with a place name: LOS ANGELES ARUNACHALA, TORONTO KAILASAM, OHIO PRAYAG, WASHINGTON DC SRIPURAM, VANCOUVER BHUVANESHWAR, KUALA LUMPUR, EAST LONDON UK, ARANDESWARA, CHARLOTTE Hindu Temple, and HOUSTON KALAHASTI. Participants in each tile sit in ritual or satsang settings: a woman in an orange sari with a puja plate in the Ohio tile, a man in a saffron robe and a bald-headed man in white sitting on a cushion in the Washington tile, a seated group in orange and white clothing in the Toronto tile, and an altar with a deity murti in the Vancouver tile. The screen shows a bright logo at top left and a copyright line at bottom right.2013-11-06A multi-panel collage of video-link screens showing simultaneous ritual gatherings across several centres. Top left, labelled Los Angeles Arunachala, shows several people in white and orange seated on red mats in a hall, with a few brass vessels before them. Top centre, labelled San Jose Madurai, shows a seated man in a blue shirt and a woman in a red saree in a living room. Middle row, Seattle Chidambaram, shows a man in white pouring liquid into a brass bowl; Charlotte Srisailam shows two people in white seated before a shrine with a deity image and a tray of fruit; Houston Kalahasthi shows two men seated on a rug before a low table. Bottom row includes Ohio Pinyag, where a woman in orange sits before a lit fire pit, and Oman Sivagangai, where several people in white sit before an ornate decorated deity altar. The collage itself is a graphic of screens; the people shown are on screens, not physically present.2013-07-20