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A man stands on a stage before a large golden ring-shaped prop, holding a silver trident and wearing a leopard-print tunic with a bead necklace, a rudraksha-style mala, bangles and rust-coloured dhoti. Behind him, orange and yellow flame projections and haze fill the backdrop. Beside him stand a silver trident, a ceremonial staff with a tassel and a curved blade, and a decorative spear. Lights glow at the base of the stage. The figure has a sweeping gesture and smiling expression.

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December 22 20172017-12-22December 22 20172017-12-22A figure stands on a dark stage before a large ornate golden circular frame, with flames and orange-yellow haze behind. He wears a spotted leopard-print-patterned sleeveless garment, a rudraksha-style necklace, a red-brown dhoti, and ankle bells, and holds a silver trident. Beside him stand a ceremonial trident, a curved sickle-like blade, a staff with a tassel, and a whisk-like peacock-feather implement. a person performing as a stage figure, with long dark hair, tilak and bracelets, in a themed ritual-style presentation.2017-12-22December 22 20172017-12-22December 22 20172017-12-22December 22 20172017-12-22A stage performance against an orange and yellow fire backdrop. A man with a painted forehead, bare-chested under a leopard-print wrap and rust-coloured lower garment, stands inside a large ornate golden ring. Beside him are a tall trident, a small hand drum on a pole, a ceremonial staff and a broom-like object. Haze and stage lights surround the scene.2017-12-22Stage photograph of a man in a dark-red and brown dhoti-style garment with a beaded ornamental belt and armbands, holding a small trident, standing inside a large ornate golden ring. Behind him are fiery orange and yellow flames. Props include a tall trident, a damaru drum on a pole, a ceremonial staff, a curved blade and a bundle of feathers. Small oil lamps sit on the stage floor. Probable Swamiji (long hair, distinctive ornate beaded ornaments and trident at a stage performance); the figure is rendered with a red bindi-like mark and a rudraksha-style necklace. The scene reads as a theatrical Shiva-themed presentation.2017-12-22A stage performance photograph set against roaring orange and yellow flames and haze. A man with a smiling expression, painted face, rudraksha-style beaded necklace and bare upper body wearing a patterned sash and dhoti-style red-brown lower garment stands before a large ornate golden ring-shaped prop. He holds a small trident staff. To the left stand a tall trident-topped staff with a drum-like emblem, a broom-like tuft on a pole, and a curved horn-shaped staff, all in front of the fire backdrop. Stage lights glow yellow. Details suggest a Shiva-themed ritual stage presentation.2017-12-22A man stands on a stage in front of a large ornate golden ring, with flames projected on a backdrop of orange and yellow fire. He wears a leopard-print or spotted garment, a bead necklace, a wrapped dhoti-style lower garment and a red-and-white thread at the wrist, and holds a silver trident. Around him stand ritual props: a tall trident-topped staff, a drum-topped pole with fabric, a sickle-like blade and a broom-like implement. A visible-name copyright line appears at lower right. Appearance cues are ambiguous, so the identity of this figure is not established.2017-12-22December 22 20172017-12-22A man in a dramatic stage performance stands before a large ornate golden circular ring, framed by flames and orange lighting. He wears a bare chest with a leopard-patterned wrap, a rudraksha-style necklace, a golden armband, and red-brown dhoti-like cloth, and holds a silver trident. Behind him, a tall trident, a curved blade, a broom-like whisk and a ceremonial staff stand on the stage. Red and yellow flame backdrops fill the scene.2017-12-22