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A man with long, dark, wavy hair and a white-and-red tilak on his forehead stands holding a silver trident with a red gem at its centre, held upright in his right hand. He wears an orange-red cloth draped over one shoulder, a belt and wraparound of tiger-print fabric, rudraksha beads on his arms, wrists and across his chest, and a cluster of brass bells hanging at his waist and chest. Ornate gold-patterned panelling is visible at the left edge against a pinkish-lit backdrop. The scene is a posed photograph of a person costumed as Shiva with his trident.

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