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A large video wall displays a multi-screen livestream of satsang sessions from several locations. Tiles show a person standing beside a decorated table labelled DALLAS, a seated group on a blue floor with a sign, a woman seated on a red sofa beside a sign reading PORT WASHINGTON NEW YORK, a deity shrine with garlanded murtis and lamps, a seated group with a sign reading OHIO, and a bottom-right close-up of a woman in a white head covering and ornate headpiece, wearing a red and gold necklace and speaking into a microphone before a floral garland. Other tiles show devotees seated in rows on mats in front of altars and flower decorations. The displayed screens are not physical people in the room.

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A large flat-screen monitor, branded VU, shows a grid of live video feeds from multiple locations, with a photograph of a green-and-red background at right. Top-left feed shows a man in a dark green garment standing before a decorated altar with a DALLAS sign. Next feed shows a group of people in white seated on a blue floor with a sign reading Ashram. Top-right feed shows a woman in white seated before a pink sofa and a PORT WASHINGTON NEW YORK sign. Middle feeds show people seated in front of colourful deity murtis and a yagna area. Bottom-right feed shows a close-up of a smiling person in orange garments with a feathered crown, a red and yellow flower garland and a rudraksha-style necklace, surrounded by fruit and flowers.2011-08-23August 23 20112011-08-23A photograph of a flat-screen monitor displaying a nine-panel video grid of remote devotee groups joined to a satsang. Most panels show groups of people seated in homes or halls with ritual setups: decorated deity altars, kalasha pots, flower garlands and oil lamps. Printed name placards are visible in some panels, including one reading SINGAPORE and one reading OHIO. The monitor sits beside a dark second screen and a blue-lit display on the left.2011-08-20June 23 20122012-06-23 +2 copiesA photograph of a large wall-mounted video display showing a nine-panel video call grid of devotees seated in home shrine rooms in different cities. Labels include ATLANTA UJJAIN, PHILADELPHIA, HOUSTON KALAHASTHI, DALLAS DHARAKA, PORT WASHINGTON NEW YORK, VICTORIA AUSTRALIA and VANCOUVER PURI. Participants sit on mats and cushions before altars with flowers, fruit plates, deity pictures and oil lamps. In the bottom-right panel a bald man in an orange garment with beaded necklace appears on screen, and the grid includes a shaved-head man in white with rudraksha beads in the Victoria panel. Eight to ten physical people are visible across the rooms.2011-11-20Photograph of a large wall screen showing a grid of live video feeds from multiple satsang centres. Panels show groups of seated devotees in ashram-style halls with decorated shrines, deity murtis, flower garlands and kalasha-style decorations. Labelled panels read SINGAPORE, OHIO, SAN JOSE and DALLAS, and a partially visible label reads SEATTLE. In the lower right panel, a woman with long dark hair wears a yellow head covering with embellished ornaments and a red garland, speaking into a microphone in front of flower arrangements of yellow and red blossoms. Other participants wear saffron, red, blue and purple clothing. Kumkum-marked devotees and offerings of fruit appear in several feeds. The screen is shown in a darkened hall at a live-linked event.2011-08-22June 23 20122012-06-23 +1 copiesFebruary 22 20112011-02-22 +1 copiesA monitor shows a nine-panel video grid of satsang groups in different locations, linked by live video. Top-left panel shows people seated beside a temple altar with a sign reading OHIO. Centre-bottom panel shows a seated group with a sign reading SINGAPORE. Bottom-right panel shows a figure in orange and pink robes with a tall crown and rudraksha mala, seated on a gold-ornate throne with hands in a teaching gesture, consistent with the page's Swamiji claim but shown on a screen, so a depiction. Other panels show seated devotees, a temple with deity murtis, and yoga-style seating on mats. The monitor is in front of a second dark screen.2011-08-20November 17 20112011-11-17November 11 20112011-11-11August 07 20112011-08-07