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July 06 2013

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A large screen displays a grid of video-conference tiles showing satsang participants at multiple ashram and temple locations. Top left tile labelled "SEATTLE CHIDAMBARAM" shows a bald man in white with hands folded beside a red floral arrangement and a brass bowl. Other tiles show devotees seated on mats in saffron, purple and white clothing at centres labelled "NEW YORK VARANASI", "CHARLOTTE-SRISAILAM", "OMAN SIVAGANGAI", "KUALA LUMPUR - PALANI", "Oklahoma Somnatham", "OHIO PRAYAG", "NITHYANANDA NAGARAM - HYDERABAD", "Wellington, New Zealand", "Toronto Kailaasam", "Los Angeles Arunachala" and "DUBAI THIRUKOVILUR". Some tiles show altars with deity murti, flowers and kalasha. A bearded man in a white shawl appears in a tile labelled Dubai Thirukovilur, beside a portrait of a turbaned figure.2013-05-05December 10 20132013-12-10Photo 11730129A photograph of a large video wall showing a grid of nine live-stream panels from different satsang centres. Labelled panels read LA, OHIO PRAYAGA, SEATTLE USA, SAN JOSE, PIONEER SANGHAM (partly visible), KULIM MALAYSIA and GUADELOUPE CENTER. Most panels show seated devotees on mats or carpets in front of deity murtis and colourful draped backdrops, many in white or saffron clothing. The lower-right panel shows a single person in green and white clothing with a white headcloth seated beside a red flower arrangement, and a bottom-middle panel shows a figure in orange clothing seated before offerings. Watermarked copyright text appears across the lower right of the screen.2011-08-29 +1 copiesSeptember 07 20112011-09-07May 08 20132013-05-08A photograph of a screen showing a video-conference grid of many small live feeds from different ashram and centre locations. Feeds include a woman in white with orange cloth speaking at a table with flowers, a central group seated on a floor before a deity shrine with lamps, and several people in orange and white sitting in meditation or puja settings. Labels on the tiles read Guadalupe, Kuala Lumpur-Palani, San Jose Madurai, Charlotte Srisailam, Toronto Kailasam, Los Angeles Arunachala, Ohio Prayag and Chidambaram. A tile at lower right shows a close view of a hand holding a small lit flame and white flower. Several people are visible across the feeds, mostly seated in small groups, with a total of roughly twenty to thirty people visible across all tiles. A man in orange sits cross-legged on a floor mat in one feed, with a seated figure in white nearby.2013-07-02A 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 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.2013-05-03September 09 20112011-09-09October 26 20132013-10-26A 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.2013-07-20