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A stage performance against an orange and yellow fire backdrop. A man with a painted forehead, bare-chested under a leopard-print wrap and rust-coloured lower garment, stands inside a large ornate golden ring. Beside him are a tall trident, a small hand drum on a pole, a ceremonial staff and a broom-like object. Haze and stage lights surround the scene.

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A man stands on a stage before a large golden ring-shaped prop, holding a silver trident and wearing a leopard-print tunic with a bead necklace, a rudraksha-style mala, bangles and rust-coloured dhoti. Behind him, orange and yellow flame projections and haze fill the backdrop. Beside him stand a silver trident, a ceremonial staff with a tassel and a curved blade, and a decorative spear. Lights glow at the base of the stage. The figure has a sweeping gesture and smiling expression.2017-12-22December 22 20172017-12-22December 22 20172017-12-22December 22 20172017-12-22Stage photograph of a man in a dark-red and brown dhoti-style garment with a beaded ornamental belt and armbands, holding a small trident, standing inside a large ornate golden ring. Behind him are fiery orange and yellow flames. Props include a tall trident, a damaru drum on a pole, a ceremonial staff, a curved blade and a bundle of feathers. Small oil lamps sit on the stage floor. Probable Swamiji (long hair, distinctive ornate beaded ornaments and trident at a stage performance); the figure is rendered with a red bindi-like mark and a rudraksha-style necklace. The scene reads as a theatrical Shiva-themed presentation.2017-12-22December 22 20172017-12-22December 22 20172017-12-22A stage photograph of a single performer standing in front of a large golden circular frame amid orange smoke and fire-like backdrop lighting. He wears a leopard-print bodice with a beaded belt, dark draped dhoti, a tilak on the forehead and a trident held in his right hand. Nearby props include a trident standing upright, a damaru-like drum on a pole, a curved sickle-shaped blade, and a feathered staff. Setting is a theatrical stage with flames and smoke. The figure's appearance does not clearly establish the a person candidate identity, so the candidate is marked unsure.2017-12-22A figure stands on a dark stage before a large ornate golden circular frame, with flames and orange-yellow haze behind. He wears a spotted leopard-print-patterned sleeveless garment, a rudraksha-style necklace, a red-brown dhoti, and ankle bells, and holds a silver trident. Beside him stand a ceremonial trident, a curved sickle-like blade, a staff with a tassel, and a whisk-like peacock-feather implement. a person performing as a stage figure, with long dark hair, tilak and bracelets, in a themed ritual-style presentation.2017-12-22A man in a dramatic stage performance stands before a large ornate golden circular ring, framed by flames and orange lighting. He wears a bare chest with a leopard-patterned wrap, a rudraksha-style necklace, a golden armband, and red-brown dhoti-like cloth, and holds a silver trident. Behind him, a tall trident, a curved blade, a broom-like whisk and a ceremonial staff stand on the stage. Red and yellow flame backdrops fill the scene.2017-12-22December 22 20172017-12-22A photograph of a staged Kalabhairava-style performance under orange and yellow stage lights with flame-like backdrop projections and smoke. A single man stands centre stage with a trident in his right hand, wearing a leopard-print loincloth-style garment, a sash of beaded cords across his bare chest, a necklace, armbands and rust-red dhoti, with a tilak on his forehead. Beside him stands a tall trident, a damaru drum, a curved sword, a long broom-like staff and a lamp stand, while a large ornate golden ring frames him.2017-12-22