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A figure stands in profile on a stage before a large illuminated backdrop of flickering golden and red lamp-like lights. The figure has long dark hair, a red-brown bare-chested costume with ornate silver and gold embellishments, a red-brown dhoti-style lower garment, and a small red forehead mark. Rows of polished brass oil lamps stand along the stage floor in front, and a deep magenta curtain hangs at the right edge.

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December 18 20172017-12-18December 18 20172017-12-18A photograph from a stage performance: a single barefoot man in a rust-red and maroon dhoti-style garment with a gold-trimmed red bodice and armband walks across a stage beside a row of brass oil lamps. Long dark hair falls past his shoulders and a red tilak marks his forehead. To his right a deep magenta velvet curtain is drawn back, and behind him a large LED screen shows a grid of glowing flame-like lamp images. Overhead stage lights hang from a truss. Chosen wording: the figure's appearance shows some cues (long hair, ornate clothing), but it is an uncertain match, so no name is asserted.2017-12-18A barefoot man in a rust-red dhoti-style wrap and a matching red-brown upper garment with gold-patterned trim walks across a stage at the left of the frame. He has long dark hair with a small ornament at the crown and wears a pale bead necklace. Behind him a large back screen shows projected golden flame-like lamp imagery, and a row of brass oil lamps stands along the stage front. A deep magenta velvet curtain hangs at the right edge.2017-12-18December 18 20172017-12-18A photograph of a stage performance with one man walking barefoot across a dark stage toward the viewer. He wears a deep maroon-red dhoti-style wrap and a matching shawl patterned with gold and cream designs, with bare arms and gold bangles, and a dark swept-back hairstyle with a small ornament at the crown. Behind him a large screen shows a grid of glowing flame-like lamp projections in gold and orange. Rows of brass oil lamps line the front of the stage, and a magenta-pink curtain hangs at the right edge. The figure is a single person; the presence of a person candidate is uncertain from appearance alone.2017-12-18A man with long dark hair and a red tilak walks barefoot across a dark stage toward the viewer. He wears a rust-orange draped garment with a patterned leopard-print style panel across the chest and a gold necklace. Behind him is a large LED screen showing glowing amber and gold lights in a grid pattern, and a row of tall silver ceremonial lamps stands along the stage edge. A magenta curtain hangs at the left. Swamiji (probable) appears as the performer, with long swept-back hair, orange ornate clothing and a ceremonial gold necklace.2017-12-18A man stands on a stage in a red-orange draped costume with gold-patterned bodice, bare arms with red armbands, and a bare chest, his long dark hair swept back with a small ornament on the crown. Behind him a large LED screen shows a grid of glowing flame-like lamps, and a row of ornate silver oil lamps lines the stage floor. A deep magenta drape hangs on the left. The scene is lit with stage spotlights from above.2017-12-18December 18 20172017-12-18December 18 20172017-12-18December 18 20172017-12-18A man with long dark hair swept back and a small crown-like ornament walks across a stage in front of a large backdrop filled with projected glowing flame and lamp imagery. He wears a rust-red wrap around his torso with gold-embroidered trim and a rust-red dhoti-style lower garment, with ornate beaded adornments and a rudraksha-style necklace. Rows of tall brass oil lamps (lamps) line the stage edge on both sides, and a magenta curtain hangs at the left. The figure's distinctive hair, crown and saffron-red ornate dress match the a person appearance cues, shown here as a performer on stage.2017-12-18