A photograph of a stage performance under colored spotlights in purple, yellow and red. A single performer in an orange-saffron draped costume and dhoti-style wrap stands centrally, holding a silver trident (trishul) upright in his right hand. Overhead rigs of stage lights and beams fan across the haze-filled backdrop. Audience silhouettes are visible at the bottom edge of the frame. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of a stage performance under colored spotlights in purple, yellow and red. A single performer in an orange-saffron draped costume and dhoti-style wrap stands centrally, holding a silver trident (trishul) upright in his right hand. Overhead rigs of stage lights and beams fan across the haze-filled backdrop. Audience silhouettes are visible at the bottom edge of the frame.

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