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September 24 2012

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November 16 20112011-11-16November 17 20112011-11-17A photograph of a large monitor displaying a grid of video-conference tiles from multiple satsang centres. Several tiles show groups seated in meditation and prayer on mats, many with flower garlands, kalasha-like offerings and deity murti on decorated altars. Labels on tiles read SINGAPURAM, TORONTO, SAN JOSE, LOS ANGELES, OKLAHOMA, ANNA NAGAR and others. One tile shows a person seated cross-legged on a red throne-like seat beneath a mandala-style backdrop, near the bottom right. Tiles show people in saffron, red, white and green clothing.2012-09-15 +1 copiesMay 02 20132013-05-02June 06 20122012-06-06 +1 copiesApril 14 20122012-04-14April 16 20122012-04-16A multi-panel video-call collage, shown on a screen, of several ashram centres joined for a group puja. Each tile is labelled with a city-name sign such as Los Angeles Aranakal, Malaysia Kalani, Seattle Chidambaram, Oklahoma Somnatham, Toronto Kalasam, Phoenix Kanchipuram, San Jose Madurai and Houston Kalahasti. Participants sit cross-legged on mats in white, saffron and orange clothing, some with hands in anjali mudra, while altars with deity murti, flower garlands, kalasha and oil lamps appear behind them. One tile shows a seated pair in front of a golden deity murti on a throne draped with garlands, and a small portrait is visible in the corner. The screen-displayed people are not counted as physical people in this scene.2012-10-23October 10 20122012-10-10A photograph of a large multi-panel video wall displaying a grid of nine live-feed screens, each showing a separate group of devotees gathered for a ritual at a different centre. Panels show people seated on mats and carpets before decorated shrines with deity murtis, floral garlands and lamps, and one panel shows a seated figure in orange clothing. Handwritten or printed signs on the screens read SINGAPURAM, MALAYSIA PALANI, SEATTLE, PHOENIX KANCHEEPURAM and OHIO PRAYAG, marking the locations.2011-11-16A photograph of a large video wall showing a multi-panel live satsang feed from several centres. Panels show devotees seated or doing yoga postures in rooms decorated with deity murtis, pink and red drapery, flowers and kalasha-style offerings. Labels read Los Angeles Arunachala, Guadeloupe, Seattle, Malaysia and Singapore. In the bottom-right panel, a man in orange robes and a saffron head wrap sits on a red cushioned throne against a blossom backdrop, with a rudraksha-style mala and gold necklace, in a seated meditative pose. His appearance matches the a person candidate description with several cues, so he is labelled as probable Swamiji on the screen, not in person.2011-09-06 +1 copiesApril 15 20122012-04-15