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Photograph of a single performer on a stage lit with warm orange and green light. He stands in a dramatic pose holding a silver trident in his left hand, his right hand on his hip. He wears a leopard-print sleeveless garment, a dense mala of rudraksha beads and metal bells across his chest and waist, and chains wrapped around his arms and waist. His clothing includes orange-red dhoti-style lower garments. Long curly hair falls to his shoulders, and he has a sandalwood tilak on his forehead. Behind him a large ornate golden circular frame glows beside a bright yellow-orange backdrop, and white paste markings are visible on his arms.

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September 22 20122012-09-22A standing figure on a stage in front of an ornate golden arch with embossed floral and scroll patterns and green and red lighting. The figure has long dark hair swept back, a red bindi and red face markings, and wears a leopard-print sleeveless top, an orange-brown dhoti with gold borders, an orange-brown shawl, and a long layered necklace of red and gold beads. Gold armlets are visible on the upper arms. The right hand rests on a red and silver trident held upright, and the left hand is on the hip. Small offerings, including a lemon-like fruit and flower garlands, sit on a tiered platform at the base. Swamiji (probable): the long hair, ornate beads, saffron-orange clothing and trident are consistent with the page's reference to Swamiji, presented as a stage performer in costume.2013-03-02March 08 20132013-03-08December 22 20172017-12-22September 16 20122012-09-16July 08 20132013-07-08A performer stands barefoot on a stage holding a silver trident topped by a small damaru drum, his right arm raised. He wears a rust-red and golden-orange dhoti draped at the waist, a leopard-print bodice and matching leopard-print shawl with fringe, rudraksha bracelets, a gold necklace and a jewelled headpiece over long dreadlocked hair. A bindi-style mark is on his forehead. Behind him stand rows of brass oil lamps (lamps lit) and a glowing red and white backdrop. The figure is styled as a Shiva-like deity character, with the trident and damaru as Shiva iconography.2017-12-18March 08 20132013-03-08A man stands in front of an ornate golden arch with a trident in his left hand. He has long, swept-back dark hair, a red bindi and white-marked forehead, and wears layered red and black rudraksha-style beaded malas and a metal chain across his chest. His costume is a leopard-print sleeveless top, with beaded bands on his wrists and upper arm. His right hand rests on his hip.2012-09-22March 02 20132013-03-02December 22 20172017-12-22A standing man in an orange-saffron draped garment and a leopard-print bodice and waist cloth stands on a raised platform before a gold arched backdrop with a dark red tiger-striped velvet panel behind him. He wears long dark swept-back hair, a crown-like ornate headpiece is not visible, a white and red forehead mark, and multiple rudraksha malas and beaded bracelets on his arms and wrists. He grips a silver trident with his right hand and rests his left hand on his hip. Bare feet rest on a patterned rug, and a yellow lime lies near his feet. Hanging garlands frame the backdrop.2012-09-20