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September 20 2014

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A large display screen shows a multi-panel video-conference collage of satsang sites. Panels labelled Singapore-Singapuram, Dallas-Dwaraka, Ohio Prayag, Toronto Kailasam, Los Angeles Arunachala and Sparta NJ show small groups of devotees in white and pink clothing seated on mats or chairs, some with puja trays and a framed portrait. The central-right panel shows a man in a saffron-orange robe and a flowing braid seated in an orange chair before a garlanded deity murti in gold and red, appearing as a screen image. The panels are on a screen, so they are depictions rather than physical people here.2013-07-03April 06 20132013-04-06May 29 20122012-05-29Photograph of a large display screen showing a grid of video-call panels from multiple locations, labelled with place names. Top left, a woman in white with a mala sits on a sofa beside two women, one with a red top and one in a dark red shawl, with orange flowers on a table. Top centre, a group of seated devotees, several in white, and a woman in red with palms pressed together. Top right, a woman in a purple top sits by a desk. Bottom centre, a seated group on a floor in a Sugar Land, Texas room, with a woman in a blue sari. Bottom right, a group of seated women in saris and white clothing in front of an ornate wooden doorway, labelled Dallas-Dwaraka. Panels show screens, not physical people in the room.2014-09-22A 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.2013-04-06September 22 20142014-09-22May 31 20122012-05-31July 01 20132013-07-01A photograph of a large monitor displaying a multi-panel video conference grid of satsang locations. Panels show groups of devotees seated on the floor in white and orange clothes, with a shrine, deity murti and flower decorations visible in several rooms. Labels on the panels read SINGAPURAM, HYDERABAD and DALLAS DWARAKA, and SAN JOSE MADURAI appears in one panel. In the top-right panel a person wears white and orange, and in the lower-right panel a figure in a saffron-orange robe with a decorated gold headdress and garlands stands before a golden arch. No speaker's face is identifiable, and no clear appearance-based candidate for a person is evident, so the identity remains uncertain. Many small on-screen people are visible across the grid.2012-07-07A photographed video-conference screen divided into a grid of many live tiles, each labelled with a location such as New Jersey Omkareshwar, Vancouver Bhuvaneshwari, Auckland (New Zealand), Sugar Land, Texas, Dallas-Dwaraka, Houston Kalahasti, Kastav Croatia and Oklahoma Somnath. Participants sit in living rooms and halls, some in white or saffron clothes with rudraksha malas, others in saryis and salwar kameez, many seated on sofas or floor mats in front of altars and deity images. The grid tiles show people on screens, not physical people in this scene.2014-09-22A photograph of a screen showing a multi-panel video call collage of satsang groups in separate rooms, each labelled with a city caption: Houston Kalahasti, Vancouver Bhuvaneshwar, Monterrey Mexico, Dallas Dwaraka, New York Varanasi and Mulund-Mumbai. In the top-left panel, people sit on a red rug around a low table with an oil lamp and offerings. Other panels show people seated on sofas or cushions, a woman in a red-orange outfit, and a New York Varanasi room with a deity murti and an orange-clad figure seated on white cloth.2014-08-16Photograph of a large screen showing a multi-panel video conference grid of satsang sessions at different centers. Panels are labelled HOUSTON KALAHASTI, DALLAS DWARAKA, NEW YORK VARANASI, VANCOUVER BHUVANESHWAR, and Monterrey Mexico. Participants sit on the floor or on sofas; in the Houston panel a woman in orange robes sits on a rug with a kalasha-style offering tray, and a man in white sits nearby. In the Varanasi panel a deity murti stands in a decorated shrine. A woman's partial profile is visible in the foreground at right, watching the screen. The panels show seated devotees in white and colourful clothing.2014-08-16