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A photograph of a figure on a stage lit in deep red, with a large orange flame or fire glow at the right edge. The figure has long wavy dark hair and wears a dark, studded or beaded sleeveless garment with a bead-strung rudraksha-style collar and bracelets on the wrist and upper arm. In the right hand the figure holds a golden trident (trishula) with a small bell hanging from its shaft, and the background is a dark draped curtain. The appearance has several cues (long swept hair, rudraksha-style beadwork, trident), but the page note is not visual evidence, so the identity is uncertain and this is described by role as a performer holding a trident during a fire-lit stage presentation.

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