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A photograph of a single person standing on a stage in front of a dark red curtain, dimly lit with blue and purple light. The figure wears a patterned headpiece, a dark garment with a leopard-print style wrap, and a pendant necklace, and holds a tall staff topped with a silver trident in one hand. The trident and staff catch the light against the dark background. The figure appears to be performing as a Shiva-form character in a stage presentation, with the scene's setting. a person is not established by visible cues here, so the figure is described by role and attire only.

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August 26 20172017-08-26A man stands against a dark red velvet curtain under red stage lighting, holding a tall silver trident (trishul) upright in his left hand. He wears a leopard-print headband with a crescent moon ornament on top, a red tilak on his forehead, a rudraksha mala and a pendant necklace, and a leopard-print garment wrapped at the waist. His right hand rests on his hip. a person: the long swept-back hair, crescent-moon headpiece, trident and ceremonial adornments suggest the figure described on the page, presented as a stage portrayal of Shiva.2017-08-26August 26 20172017-08-26A single standing figure in a dimly lit red-curtained stage setting holds a large silver trident upright in the left hand. He wears a leopard-print head wrap with a crescent moon ornament, a red tilak on the forehead, a gold chain and rudraksha-style beaded mala with a pendant, a leopard-print cloth wrapped at the waist, and bangles on the arms. Appearance-based candidate cues are limited: the figure's presentation with a trident, ornate head wrap and beaded malas is consistent with the page's reference to a person, but the face is only partly lit and the cues are not distinctive enough to confirm, so the identity remains uncertain.2017-08-26A performer on a stage with dark red curtains and blue lighting, dressed as a Shiva-type deity murti character. He wears a blue-and-black leopard-print waist cloth and a matching patterned headband with a crescent emblem, plus layered dark rudraksha malas, a bead armband and bracelets. He holds a tall trident with curved prongs in his right hand and rests his left hand on a damaru-style drum. a person: the figure has long swept-back dark hair and distinctive adornments but this is a costumed stage performance, so the identity is uncertain.2017-08-26August 26 20172017-08-26Photograph of a single performer on a dimly lit stage in front of dark red-orange drapes. He stands centre-frame wearing a leopard-print loincloth and matching leopard-print draped cloth, a magenta-pink top, layered rudraksha-style beaded malas, a crescent-moon ornament on a leopard-print headband, and beaded armbands. He holds a tall trident in one hand and a small hourglass-shaped damaru drum in the other, with eyes closed. Behind him leopard-print cushioned seats and a low platform are visible. The figure is presented in the iconography of a Shiva-form tableau.2017-08-26August 26 20172017-08-26A performer on a stage in front of dark red curtains, lit in purple light, stands holding a tall silver trident with a damaru drum hanging from its shaft, the drum and shaft wrapped in a leopard-print cloth. He wears a leopard-print headwrap topped with a crescent ornament, a leopard-print lower garment and waist sash, multiple strands of rudraksha beads and a pendant necklace, bead bracelets on his upper arms and wrists, and earrings, with a tilak on his forehead. This appears to be a costumed stage presentation of a Shiva-associated figure, with the trident and damaru as the identifying iconography. The image is from a stage show rather than a ritual setting, and one person is visible.2017-08-26August 26 20172017-08-26 +1 copiesAugust 26 20172017-08-26August 26 20172017-08-26