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A performer dressed as a Shiva-like deity stands in front of an ornate golden arch lit with red and green light. He holds a large silver trident with both hands, its prongs raised near his face, and rests one hand on his hip. He wears layered rudraksha malas, rudraksha armbands, a leopard-print garment and a red cloth, with white and red markings across his forehead and face. The background shows embossed golden panels and a warm orange glow.

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October 11 20122012-10-11A performer dressed as a Shiva-like deity stands before an ornate golden arch lit with red and green light. He holds a silver trident with its tines raised close to his face, and his long dark hair falls loosely. He wears a leopard-print garment, multiple rudraksha malas across his chest, a beaded belt, and red-and-gold armbands. A red tiger-striped cloth covers the seat behind him. The scene is a stage tableau with coloured lights.2012-09-14September 20 20122012-09-20September 17 20122012-09-17September 17 20122012-09-17A photograph of a single standing figure against a warm orange-red backdrop with a large embossed copper arch behind. The figure holds a silver trident in the left hand, right hand on hip, wearing a red-orange garment, leopard-print cloth wrapped at the waist and chest, and multiple rudraksha malas and beaded bands on the arms and neck. Dark hair falls loose around the face, with tilak markings on the forehead. A red patterned cloth lies at the lower edge. Stage lighting casts green and red tones. No clearly identifiable a person features are visible from appearance alone, so the figure is described by role and attire only.2012-09-20A smiling bare-chested man with long dark swept-back hair holds a silver trident with a red stone at its shaft, in a warm red and green lit setting. He wears a dense multi-strand rudraksha mala with bead-skull style pendants, a leopard-print wrap, and red and white forehead markings. Behind him is an ornate golden embossed panel. Swamiji (probable): long hair, rudraksha malas and distinctive ceremonial adornments, shown as a performer in a Shiva-themed pose holding a trident.2012-09-20A performer in red-tinted stage lighting holds a silver trident (trishul) upright in front of his face with both hands. He has long dark hair, bare shoulders and arms adorned with red rudraksha malas, and a green and black leopard-print garment. Red and green light washes over a red ornamental arch above him. The image appears to show a deity-role enactment or ceremonial display rather than a seated discourse.2012-10-11A man stands in a dramatic red and orange lit stage setting, smiling, holding a silver trident with his left hand while his right hand rests on his hip. He wears long dark hair, a red bindi, many dark rudraksha malas across his chest and arms, a leopard-print garment, and a red cloth draped at the waist. Behind him is an ornate golden arched backdrop with repoussé panels and a red patterned mat in the foreground. Whether this figure is the a person depicted is not established from appearance alone, so the role is described as a man in costume.2012-09-20September 17 20122012-09-17A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red bindi on his forehead sits in front of a gold-toned arched backdrop lit with warm red and green light. He holds a silver trident with his right hand, his arm adorned with rudraksha bracelets. He wears a long rudraksha mala with large beads and a leopard-print garment, and a red and orange cloth draped at his waist over a striped red cloth beneath him. He smiles and looks upward. a person: long swept-back hair, ornate rudraksha adornments and a trident identify a ceremonial role, though the appearance is only partly clear.2012-09-20A photograph of a man seated before a bright ornate golden backdrop, lit in red and green. He has long dark hair, a red bindi on his forehead, and wears a leopard-print sleeveless garment with multiple strands of rudraksha beads and a red-and-white bead necklace. He holds a silver trident upright in his right hand, with a beaded bracelet on his wrist. His wide eyes look off to the side. The figure appears to be the a person, with long swept hair, rudraksha malas and ornate clothing as qualifying cues, shown in a ceremonial setting with a trident.2012-09-20