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A single performer on a stage stands before a large ornate golden ring, with orange flames rising behind it and smoke drifting through the air. He wears a leopard-print garment, a leopard-print sash, brown dhoti-style trousers, and dark wristbands, and he holds a tall ornate trident-topped staff. Ceremonial props stand in a row on the left, including a curved silver staff, a tall silver rod with a finial, a peacock-feather wand, a golden damaru drum on a pole, and a small brass pot on the floor. The scene reads as a Kalabhairava darshan staging.

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