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A photograph of a flat-screen monitor showing a multi-panel video-wall collage of simultaneous live feeds from several centres. Panels show devotees seated in rooms with decorated altars, kalashas, brass lamps and deity murtis. Two seated women in blue clothing sit at the upper centre beside a small placard, and a person in an orange-red head covering appears at the far right edge of a second screen. Table-side placards read ATLANTA LIJAINI and LOS ANGELES ARUNACHALA. Viewers are seen on screens, not as physical people in the room.

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A photograph of two computer monitors displaying a video conference grid of many small live feeds. The upper-left feed shows a room with red curtains and a small altar with a deity murti and lamps, where a man in a dark t-shirt stands beside a seated person in white. The lower-left feed shows a seated group of devotees in white clothes, several with white head coverings, and a woman in a maroon sari with a gold border seated on an ornate cushioned chair beside a banner reading Arunachala Tiruvannamalai. The right monitor shows a dense grid of further remote participants in varied clothing. In the foreground, the blurred edges of the screens and cables are visible. No figure in the room itself is physically present except the photographer's subject matter on screens.2012-06-17 +1 copiesMarch 31 20122012-03-31Two wall-mounted monitors in a dark room display a video conference grid of many small live feeds from different locations. Each tile shows a group of people seated indoors in homes or centres, labelled with place names such as Los Angeles Aadheenam, St. Louis-Manchester, Morris Plains-NJ, Wellington-New Zealand, Ponca City-Oklahoma, Juarez Mexico, Atlanta, Georgia and Toronto-Canada. Some tiles show people in white and orange clothing seated before a floor cloth or meditation setting. Depicted people are on screens, not physically present, and no in-person candidate is visible.2015-08-16Photograph of two monitors displaying a multi-panel video-conference grid of remote ashram and satsang locations. Panels show small groups of devotees in rooms with shrines, floor mats and framed images. Labels include Los Angeles Arunachala, Toronto Kailasa, Guadeloupe Rameswaram, Ohio Prayag, Nithyananda Nagaram Hyderabad, Seattle Chidambaram, Singapore Singapuram, San Jose Madurai and Bidadi. A framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure with a turban hangs in one panel on the right screen. The screens show people on screens only, with no physical people in the room.2013-12-10A photograph of a wall of video monitors showing a grid of live feeds from multiple satsang locations. Several tiles show groups of people sitting together in homes and halls; one tile labelled "LONDON" shows a person seated on a pink bed beside a candle-lit table, another shows a person in a dark top sitting before a red-draped setup, and a tile marked "ATLANTA" shows women in headscarves and green garments seated with hands in prayer. Printed signs on the tiles read "NEW YORK VARANASI", "NEW JERSEY", "SAINT TULEN FRANCE" and "ATLANTA UJJAIN". The screens are in the foreground, so people on them are depictions and not physically present in the room. No a person candidate is visibly identifiable in the scene.2012-04-22June 23 20122012-06-23 +1 copiesJuly 17 20122012-07-17 +1 copiesJune 23 20122012-06-23 +1 copiesA photograph of a large multi-panel video wall displaying a grid of live feeds from different centres. Top-left, a panel shows a seated figure in an orange robe beside white-clad devotees at a ritual table with oil lamps. Other panels show decorated shrines with deity murtis, colourful drapes and garlands, and small groups sitting on mats in white and coloured clothing. Several panels have printed signs reading LOS ANGELES, SINGAPURAM, OHIO PRAYAG, SAN JOSE NABURAJ and RONTO. Bottom-right, a white marble-like murti sits on a throne. Several people are seen on screens, not physically present in the room.2012-04-16March 31 20122012-03-31November 05 20112011-11-05January 20 20132013-01-20 +2 copies