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A staged photograph in blue-violet stage light and drifting fog. A man with long dark hair and a white face marking stands centre-stage holding a silver trident, wearing a rust-red draped garment and a heavy gold necklace with rudraksha-style beads. Behind him a large painted backdrop shows a crowned, multi-armed goddess in a forest setting with a tiger or lion beside her and seated figures below. The scene is a theatrical tableau, not a seated satsang. a person's identity is not established from appearance alone; the figure is a performer dressed as a deity-like character, and this is one person.

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February 04 20162016-02-04A staged scene at night in a blue-violet haze of smoke. A man in a maroon-purple dhoti-style wrap stands centre stage with one hand on his hip and the other holding a silver trident. He wears a heavy gold necklace and a dark rudraksha-style mala and has long dark hair. Behind him a large painted backdrop shows a crowned deity murti seated on a bull with a raised hand, surrounded by painted trees, sages and figures. Green foliage and flowers sit at the right edge of the stage.2016-02-04February 04 20162016-02-04February 04 20162016-02-04February 04 20162016-02-04A dimly lit stage scene with blue-violet fog spilling across the floor. In the centre stands a bare-chested man in a deep red-maroon dhoti-style wrap, wearing a long multi-strand gold necklace and white face markings, holding a silver trident upright in his right hand and resting his left hand at his waist. Behind him is a large painted backdrop of a multi-armed deity with a tall crown and a crescent moon, seated on a tiger-skin or animal hide amid dark forest foliage, with a bull figure visible at the lower left. Green stage light falls on foliage to the left and a pink glow on plants to the right. Two smaller figures sit in the shadows at the lower left. The printed copyright line and archive credit appear in the lower right corner.2016-02-04A standing man in a stage setting holds a silver trident upright in his right hand and rests his left hand on his hip. He wears a maroon-brown draped garment with a gold-toned waistband, multiple beaded necklaces, and gold armbands, with a light-coloured forehead marking. Behind him a painted backdrop shows a seated deity figure in a crown with a bull, a forest of trees and seated sages in meditation. The stage is lit in blue and purple with haze and green foliage to the right.2016-02-04A figure stands centrally on a dimly lit stage filled with blue-violet haze and low fog. He holds a tall silver trident (trishul) upright in his right hand and rests his left hand on his hip. He wears a maroon-brown robe with a thick gold necklace and layered beaded malas. A painted backdrop behind him shows a crowned goddess with a trident, seated on a white bull, surrounded by painted trees and figures. Foliage and flowers are visible at the lower right edge. Two other people are not clearly visible in the scene.2016-02-04February 04 20162016-02-04A photograph of a stage performance under blue and purple lighting with haze. A standing figure in a maroon-brown dhoti-style garment with a gold-and-beaded necklace and gold armband stands with one hand on hip and holds a tall silver trident (trishul) upright, looking upward. Behind is a large painted backdrop showing a multi-armed deity murti in a crown with a seated bull and a tiger, with painted figures of seated devotees below and green foliage at the right. a person: the figure bears long dark hair, ornate gold beads and a trident, cues consistent with the event's a person presentation, though the figure is partly in shadow.2016-02-04Stage photograph in blue-violet haze with a standing figure at centre holding a silver trident, wearing a maroon-brown dhoti-style garment, gold and beaded necklaces and white face markings, one hand on the hip. Behind him a painted backdrop shows a forest with trees and a large seated deity figure with a crown, beaded necklaces and raised hand, plus a cow-like animal. The figure appears to be a costumed or sculpted performer rather than a clearly identifiable living person; no appearance cues qualify him as a person, so the a person field is unsure.2016-02-04A standing man in a maroon dhoti-style wrap and layered jasmine-and-beaded garlands holds a silver trident upright beside him on a dark stage. Behind him, a large painted backdrop shows a multi-armed deity murti seated on a tiger-skin-like mat with a crown and rudraksha-style beaded necklace, surrounded by seated sages in meditation, with blue smoky lighting and potted green plants at the right edge. The man has long dark hair and wears a rudraksha-style mala around his neck; the appearance shows several qualifying cues, so this is a person in person, though the identification is uncertain.2016-02-04