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A photograph of a video screen showing a satsang gathering. In the foreground a bald man in white shirt and dark rudraksha mala holds a phone near his face. Beside him a man in white shirt and rudraksha mala sits, and behind them others in white clothes sit on white chairs. A dark-shirted man stands at left. A white paper sign is held up reading Thiruvanmaiyoor Adheenam. A caption at bottom reads Ma Jyotika swami.

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October 05 20142014-10-05A seated satsang gathering in a hall with pale marble floor. Many attendees sit on mats and cushions, most wearing white kurtas, dhotis and shirts with lanyards. A man in a white kurta sits centre-frame, mid-gesture with his hands. A older man with white hair and glasses, wearing white with a rudraksha mala, sits to his right. At the far right, a man in white sits with a mala. Along the back, people in saffron and maroon robes sit near a glass-fronted case. Foreground figures include a man in a yellow-green shirt and a person in white with long dark hair. a person is not clearly identifiable in this image.2010-12-17February 02 20162016-02-02 +1 copiesA screen capture from a video call showing a shrine room in Thiruvanmiyoor, Chennai, with orange drapes and a deity murti altar with lamps and marigold garlands. Several devotees sit on the floor; a bald man in a white shirt holds a phone to his ear, a woman in a pink saree sits beside him, and two men in dark and white shirts sit in front. A caption label reads Ma Bhaktipriya. The image is a screenshot of a live satsang call, with no visible a person candidate on screen.2014-04-20A dim, crowded indoor satsang seen from the front, with many seated devotees filling the frame. In the upper centre a woman in a white robe and glasses sits with her hands clasped in her lap beside a patterned lattice wall. Beside her a woman in a pink-and-white garment with a name badge sits with her hands folded. At the upper left a man in white with a beaded mala stands behind the seated rows. At the right, a woman in a white sari with a red border holds a phone to her ear. In the lower foreground a man in white with a long grey beard sits with hands folded, and in the lower left a bearded man in white with a mala and orange-trimmed garment sits near a woman in a grey top. Most figures are in white, the common ritual dress. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable from appearance, so no identification is made.2008-06-22Photograph of a large display screen in a control room, showing a live video feed titled "Nithyanandanagara, Tiruvannamalai" at the top. On the feed, a woman in white clothes sits with palms pressed together in namaste, a bald man in white sits to her right, and a seated man in white with a rudraksha mala and a woman in white sit behind her, with a person in orange-red clothing standing at the right edge. A small inset at bottom right shows a man in saffron and red garments seated on a platform. Lower text on the feed reads NithyanandaNagaram Tiruvannamalai. Watermarked archive image; the people are on a screen, not physically present.2014-10-05June 05 20132013-06-05Photograph of a seated group of devotees in white clothing meditating with eyes closed at a large indoor satsang hall. In the foreground a shaved-headed man in a white kurta with a small red tilak on his forehead sits with eyes closed and wears a small orange-and-white identity badge on his chest. To his left, a bald man with a dark wooden mala necklace sits in a white t-shirt, also with eyes closed. Behind them a woman with dark hair pulled back and others in white clothes sit in rows. The people appear to be seated for meditation or a discourse. No one in the scene is identified as a person.2010-09-13February 28 20132013-02-28A seated group of devotees listens attentively to a talk in a hall with red curtains and white walls. In the foreground a young man in a white kurta wears a rudraksha mala and a vertical tilak on his forehead, hands clasped, gazing upward. Beside him, a man in white shirt-and-dhoti holds a bead mala and sits cross-legged on blue mats, with open books and a phone on the floor. Others in white garments and orange-beaded necklaces sit behind, some with hands folded or raised near their faces. Roughly ten to fifteen people are visible, though not all faces are clear.2011-10-22June 22 20122012-06-22 +1 copiesFebruary 02 20162016-02-02 +1 copies