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A standing man on a stage holds a long silver trishul trident in his right hand and raises his left hand to a dark swept-back hair bun topped with a small crescent ornament. He wears a rudraksha bracelet set, large gold ceremonial necklaces, a red-orange upper cloth, a leopard-print wrap and red-orange dhoti trimmed with gold, with a white and red forehead mark. Behind him a large golden, multi-armed deity murti seated in meditation is carved in relief on a rocky backdrop, flanked by carved lions, and a striped tiger cloth lies on the platform. The scene reads as a theatrical stage presentation. Swamiji (probable) is shown in the appearance-based cues of long swept-back hair, ornate gold necklaces, rudraksha malas and saffron-toned clothing, as the person presenting the trishul.