A photograph of a bearded man with long dark hair standing on a stage beside a large silver trident wrapped with a leopard-print cloth and a silver damaru drum. He wears a rust-red draped robe, multiple strands of coral-red beads, a gold pendant necklace, coral bangles, a vertical tilak on his forehead, and bare feet on a patterned rug. Behind him are painted temple-style pillars and a carved arch, with a painted deity figure partly visible at left and a tiger-striped mat at lower left. The man is shown smiling while gesturing toward the trident, with a figure on stage presenting a theatrical or ceremonial scene. The image is a single person in a staged setting.

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