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A performer stands on a red-lit stage before a large ornate golden arched backdrop, dressed in a costume of red-brown wrapped cloth and a leopard-print garment with metallic bead and bell adornments. He wears a white forehead band and dark, long wavy hair, and holds a silver trident in both hands while a thick white rope wraps around the staff. Red beaded bracelets are on the upper arms, and the bare feet rest on a dark patterned cloth. The scene evokes a Shiva-style deity enactment during a Kalabhairava theme ceremony, with a shiny red circular halo behind the figure.

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August 28 20122012-08-28August 28 20122012-08-28August 28 20122012-08-28August 28 20122012-08-28September 07 20122012-09-07A performer stands on a gilded, ornately carved throne backed by a large golden arch lit in red and pink light. He wears a rust-orange dhoti and draped cloth, a leopard-print cloth at the hip, a studded metal belt, and necklaces of white beads and dark rudraksha-style malas. A white horizontal tilak marks his forehead, and long dark wavy hair falls past his shoulders. He holds a silver trident in his right hand and a dark staff wrapped with white rope in his left, posed in a Shiva-like stance. Appearance-based label: the figure shows long swept hair, a forehead mark, rudraksha malas and ornate ritual adornments, consistent with a person portrayal in costume, a trident-bearing role. Gilded throne, red lighting, and a deity-style pose suggest a stage presentation of Kalabhairava.2012-08-28August 28 20122012-08-28August 28 20122012-08-28A performer in a Kalabhairava-style ritual costume grips a silver trident with a long shaft, its prongs held close to the face. Long dark wavy hair falls around the shoulders, a white horizontal forehead marking is visible, and the bare upper body is decorated with red beaded armbands, a red beaded mala, and bells or metal cylinders across the chest and waist. A leopard-print cloth wraps the hips, and a pink braided rope coils around the shaft. Warm red stage lighting and an ornate gold-embroidered backdrop surround the figure.2012-08-28A figure with long dark curly hair and a white-and-red forehead marking stands in red-lit stage light, holding a tall silver trident with a white rope wrapped around its shaft. He wears rudraksha-style beaded necklaces, a leopard-print wrap, layered dark beaded and metal-tipped adornments across the torso, a red-brown dhoti-style cloth, and a beaded armlet. Gilded ornate carving and a red drape frame the scene, with a brass-coloured vessel visible at lower right. The figure's ritual role appears to be a deity-costume performer or devotee in a sacred staging, and no appearance-based identification is made.2012-08-28August 28 20122012-08-28August 28 20122012-08-28