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A large video wall displays a grid of live-streamed satsang screens from multiple centres at once, each tile showing a different group. Tiles include Toronto Kailasam, Ohio Prayag, Los Angeles Arunachala, San Jose Madurai, Dubai, and Vancouver Purti. Participants sit on rugs and cushions in ashram-style rooms, many in white or saffron clothing. One tile shows a person in white seated before a red-curtained altar of deity murtis; another shows a poster of a smiling figure in an orange turban beside a label reading Dubai. Scattered oil lamps and offerings appear on the floors. The screens are shown in a darkened hall, and the tiles are displayed as a collage of pictures.

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September 28 20122012-09-28January 22 20132013-01-22 +1 copiesA 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.2013-05-03May 08 20132013-05-08October 26 20132013-10-26A large screen shows a multi-panel video-conference collage of satsang participants from several centres, each panel labelled. Top left, Ohio Prayag shows people seated on red mats before a decorated altar with deity images and flowers. Top right, San Jose Madurai shows a woman in red and a man seated on mats with ritual items. Middle left, Guadeloupe Rameshwaram shows a man in white kneeling beside offerings. Middle centre, Seattle Chidambaram shows a man in a white dhoti seated on a red rug with a puja plate. Middle right, Toronto Kailasam shows several people in white, with saffron-clad figures and a man with folded hands. Bottom left, Houston Kalahasthi shows seated devotees with a puja tray. Bottom centre, Vancouver Bhuvaneshwar shows people in white seated around offerings. Bottom right, Kailasa centre shows a man seated on a rug beside a red-draped altar. The panels are screen images, not physical people in the room.2013-10-20 +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.2013-04-06February 01 20132013-02-01A 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.2013-07-20A screen shows a multi-panel video-conference grid of satsang gatherings in several cities. Panels include a temple with orange drapery and deity murtis labelled "OKLAHOMA SOMNATHAM", a shrine labelled "SAN JOSE MADURAI", a room with a red-clad priest labelled "SEATTLE CHIDAMBARAM", a hall with seated devotees in saffron and white, a room labelled "Phoenix Ranchipuram", and a group labelled "VANCOUVER PURI" holding a handwritten sign. Participants sit on mats with oil lamps and offerings in front of them. The bottom-right panel shows a man with a shaved head and tilak, wearing a saffron-orange garment and gold necklace, seated on a golden throne; he is shown on a screen, so he is a depiction and the identity is a person by appearance cues of ornate gold necklace and saffron clothing.2013-01-02February 14 20152015-02-14September 07 20112011-09-07