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A stage at night lit with warm uplights and green wash, with smoke drifting across the floor. A large golden relief of a four-armed deity murti with a crescent and matted locks, holding a trident and drum, rises behind the stage, flanked by tall pillars topped with golden trishul emblems and a hanging golden foliage canopy. In front of the relief stands a life-size figure of a seated man in a black cap, rudraksha mala and ornate necklaces, holding a trident; this is a statue, not a physically present person, and no appearance-based identification is made. A camera on a tripod is at the lower edge. No people are physically present.

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