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Stage performance photograph with smoke and red-orange flames projected on a dark backdrop. A man with long dark hair and a tilak stands inside a large ornate golden ring, holding a trident-topped staff in his right hand and raising his left hand in a gesture. He wears a leopard-patterned bare-chested costume with a beaded necklace and a dark wrap, with a ceremonial dagger and trident standing nearby. Stage lights glow behind the smoke. a person: the figure's long hair, ornate ceremonial adornments and staged presentation suggest the event's leader, shown in a ceremonial stage tableau.